Suzannah Windsor Freeman

‘Compose’ Journal Update—Our Blog Is Live!

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Last year, I shared with you my vision of creating a biannual, digital literary journal which would be connected to Write It Sideways but would also stand on its own. I wanted to give readers of Write It Sideways a regular opportunity to see good writing in practice, and provide another venue for emerging writers

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The Biggest Problem with Writing Advice

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Today’s article is written by Suzannah Windsor Freeman, founding editor of Write It Sideways. True story: Once, I wrote a blog post which gave some advice about limiting filter words in your fiction. The post went viral on a social media outlet, which from my perspective was a good thing—writers were obviously wanting to pass

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‘Story Is a State of Mind’ Review + Free Bonuses

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Today’s article is written by Suzannah Windsor Freeman, founding editor of Write It Sideways. Have you ever wondered what the difference is between your average published book and the ones that go on to receive accolades? The type of books that have gold stars and big-name blurbs on the cover? I think I know now.

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Meet the New Editors of ‘Compose’ Lit Journal

If you’ve been reading Write It Sideways for at least a few months, you’ll probably know that we’re creating our own literary journal, which will be connected to the blog, but which will also stand on its own. Here are a few updates on how things are going with Compose: A Journal of Simply Good

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Want Agents to Read Your Novel? Do This First

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Today’s article is written by Suzannah Windsor Freeman, founding editor. With the new year here, many of us have manuscripts we’re itching to get out there into the world of submissions. Perhaps, over the holidays, you polished off the book you wrote during NaNoWriMo, and now you want to get it in front of an agent.

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Write It Sideways’ Top 10 Articles of 2012

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Things have been a little quiet around here for the past week or two, while your regular contributors and I take a breather and gear up for all that 2013 has in store for us. As 2012 comes to a close, I’d like to take a moment to look back at the best-of-the-best articles that

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