Posts by Sean Glatch
12 Literary Devices in Poetry: Identifying Poetic Devices
What do the words “anaphora,” “enjambment,” “consonance,” and “euphony” have in common? They are all literary devices in poetry—and important poetic devices, at that. Your poetry will be greatly enriched…
Read MoreThe Best Online Creative Writing Courses: 12 Things to Look For
Are you looking for the best online creative writing courses? You may have found some promising classes online, but you may also be unsure if the course is actually good.…
Read More10 Important Literary Devices in Prose: Examples & Analysis
Any writer looking to master the art of storytelling will want to learn the literary devices in prose. Fiction and nonfiction writers rely on these devices to bring their stories…
Read More24 of the Best Places to Submit Creative Nonfiction Online
After weeks of deliberating over the right words and fine-tuning your creative nonfiction piece, you’re ready to begin submitting to literary nonfiction journals. The only problem is finding the right…
Read More116 Common Literary Devices: Definitions, Examples, and Exercises
Common literary devices, such as metaphors and similes, are the building blocks of literature, and what make literature so enchanting. Language evolves through the literary devices in poetry and prose;…
Read MoreCreative Nonfiction: What It Is and How to Write It
What is creative nonfiction? Despite its slightly enigmatic name, no literary genre has grown quite as quickly as creative nonfiction in recent decades. Literary nonfiction is now well-established as a…
Read More24 of the Best Journals Accepting Short Story Submissions
Which journals are accepting short story submissions right now? There are tons of fiction journals out there looking for stories like yours, and finding where to submit short stories can…
Read More9 Essential Poetry Manuscript Format Tips to Get Published
After months of writing, editing, rewriting, hair-pulling, and late-night coffee sessions, you have a finished poetry manuscript. There’s only one thing standing between you and submitting your poetry for publication:…
Read MoreWhat is Autobiographical Fiction?: Writing the Fictional Self
It’s been said that every work of fiction is emotionally autobiographical: a storyteller may invent stories that never happened, but always conveys an emotional truth founded on lived experience. It…
Read MoreWhy Learn Creative Writing?
Why learn creative writing? Truthfully, creative writing is one of the most misunderstood disciplines in the 21st century. When people think of a creative writing course, they often imagine a…
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