Part II of the ASU Desert Nights Rising Stars Writers Conference
Mar
09
Welcome to Part II:
On Saturday afternoon we had the opportunity to hear from Victor LaValle. I will summarize this course, "Got Plot" with some great tips and notes. (My black journal is covered with 35 more pages of ink because of this conference....)
You can sway a reader if you state it with confidence.
We used the story excerpt from The Deadly Circle by Samuel Fuller and San Francisco by Amy Hempel. Two very different plots and one was much easier to decipher than the other. But once we were shown how the writer was guiding us, this reading opened up opportunities for us in our own writing.
He finished with another statement: The writer should be calm and assertive. I will take those words with me, for sure!!

I finished the day with Submitting to Literary Journals!!! I was pleasantly surprised to hear them say, they typically skip cover letters and in most cases, most journals don't even ask for a cover letter.. They get right to the work. I agree!! The "Hook" was a topic and of course when you are reading thousands of submissions and will only publish a handful, you need a hook. Make the writing stand up on its own and lesson learned; don't try to be cute, just write well!! Finally, do not put any work in its full form on a blog or website if you plan on submitting it for publication consideration. If you do so, well guess what? By putting it out there, you have published it. You would think this would be obvious but the editors explained they have had this happen.
Some great places suggested for Literary Journal submissions- Duotrope.com New Pages Luna Park Lit List Review and cwrwopps plus the Million Writers Award. I have yet to go to any of these, so I hope they are correct if you go looking. If not, please comment if you have the correct site!!
Thank you for reading and check back on Friday for the Final Part III
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3 comments:
Hi Adrian. Thanks for the shoutout - I appreciate it (you just got the name wrong - but I still appreciate it and just LOVE your comments on my blog). I also must say that I have learned a lot from these last posts. I am writing nonfiction but so much of the advice seems to hold true.
Thank you again and I look forward to hearing good news from you,
Meryl Jaffe
http://departingthetext.blogspot.com
Crap!!! http://departingthetext.blogspot.com
I am so sorry Meryl!! My most humble apologies and thank you! Just left you a comment!
Thanks!
I really like Murr's insights here. Nothing unnecessary. It's something I really need to work on, I think.
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