Articles by Sarah Baughman


Sarah Baughman is a writer and trained teacher who has published articles in print and online publications. Her collection of creative non-fiction essays won the Michigan Writers Cooperative Press 2010 Chapbook Contest. Check out her blog, A Line At A Time.

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Should Writers Pay to Use Duotrope?

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Today’s article is written by regular contributor Sarah Baughman. A writer friend and I recently tried to justify why we’ve done such a terrible job of submitting our work to literary magazines. We arrived at a pretty simple answer: time. First there’s the actual writing. Then the revising, and the obsessive re-revising. But after this substantive work

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Next Steps: How to ‘Do More’ with Your Writing

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Today’s article is written by regular contributor Sarah Baughman. A friend recently wrote to ask for writing advice. “I’ve been thinking I might want to try to do more with writing,” she said, “and I truly have no idea of best next steps.” This friend already has a personal blog she uses mainly to keep in

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Writing Lapses: 5 Tips to Get You Back on Track

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Today’s article is written by regular contributor Sarah Baughman. True confession: for the past three months, I’ve been a terrible writer. That’s not to say I’m usually great. But this summer, I disappeared completely from the writing scene: no blogging, no tweeting, no creative composition of any kind, and totally unreliable emailing. I became exactly

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How to Write Your Truth, Even In Public

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Today’s post is written by regular contributor Sarah Baughman. Writing is a conundrum: highly personal, yet undoubtedly public. On the one hand, we write what matters most to us, weave our deepest feelings into characters and scenes, offer confessions, feel nervous to share what we’ve crafted, talk about loving “the process” whether or not we find

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Get Thee To An Editor! 7 Reasons You Need One

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Today’s post is written by regular contributor Sarah Baughman. When I want to feel good about my writing, I show it to my husband. “Wow,” he’ll say. “This is beautiful. Really compelling.” “Were there any parts that confused you?” I’ll ask, but I’m already smiling, relieved to be almost off the hook. “What should I change?”

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Working Past Wordiness For Fresher Writing

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Today’s post is written by regular contributor Sarah Baughman. I’ll give you twenty seconds to skim these paragraphs and tell me which one exhibits stronger, more engaging writing: Paragraph A The hottest month in Ayemenem would certainly have to be May. Each and every day is long and exceedingly humid. The river starts to dry

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