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About November's Workshop
Have you ever been rejected by a lit mag and wondered, “What do editors even DO?” I mean, besides piss people off.
As a writer, I’ve asked that question too, maybe several hundred times, and now…I can finally answer it.
I’m Steve, fiction editor for Okay Donkey, and while we love accepting perfectly polished pieces—I mean, sure, who doesn’t?—we also take pride in how we collaborate with writers to develop pieces with potential. We do this a LOT.
In this course, I’ll share before-and-after versions of pieces taken through our revision process and chat with the writers about what we did and why.
You’ll get: interactive lessons on narrative, craft, and revision, and behind-the-Submittable insights into how an editor (👋it’s me) might think and work. Plus juicy takeaways to help level up your own submissions as well as those of your peers.
More Takeaways
What editors want to see (besides your agony and tears)
3 types of fiction—snow globes, music boxes, and pinball machines—and how knowing the type of story you’re telling can help you tell it
And by exploring how narrative ‘moves’ in different ways, we’ll discuss Situation vs. Story, Chronology vs. Causality, Spiritual Needs vs. Actionable Goals, and Arc vs. Argument vs. Accrual
This workshop begin’s on November 3, 2025. Paid subscribers will receive full access to this and all of our workshops for $10/mo
About The Instructor
Steve Chang is a Taiwanese writer and MacDowell Fellow from the San Gabriel Valley, California. His work has appeared in Epiphany, Guernica, North American Review, and The Southampton Review, etc. and been commended by the Granum Foundation Prize, The Iron Horse Prize, the Miami Book Fair Emerging Writer Fellowship, and even by (some of) his friends. He is thankful for the support of Loghaven, the KHN Center for the Arts, The Kerouac Project, and the Carolyn Moore Writers House. He edits fiction at Okay Donkey and holds an MFA from Cornell.