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Janelle Drumwright

Janelle Drumwright

How to Properly Format Your Prose Submission

How to Properly Format Your Prose Submission

Proper formatting will not only make your work look more professional, but it will also make it easier to read for editors and readers who are reviewing your work.

4 Mistakes You’re Making in Your Cover Letter

4 Mistakes You’re Making in Your Cover Letter

Although no two cover letters are exactly alike, there are certain mistakes that seem to surface over and over again.

A Personal Rejection from Carve: The 7 Stages of Grief

A Personal Rejection from Carve: The 7 Stages of Grief

Some rejections are harder to shake, often because we were that close to an acceptance.

4 Ways I Trick Myself into Writing (That Might Work for You Too)

4 Ways I Trick Myself into Writing (That Might Work for You Too)

Let’s be honest: Writing is hard. And because of that, it can sometimes be a struggle to make ourselves do it.

Powers and Perils of Writing in Third Person

Powers and Perils of Writing in Third Person

Writing in third person can be both liberating and overwhelming. Here's how you can leverage this freedom (and not be intimidated by it).

5 Tips for Giving Better Critique

5 Tips for Giving Better Critique

Receiving insightful feedback is essential, but it’s also important that we hone this skill ourselves.

Meet Our New Poetry Editor, Ellie Francis Douglass

Meet Our New Poetry Editor, Ellie Francis Douglass

With poetry submissions opening Feb. 1, our new poetry editor reveals how she knows a poem belongs in Carve and the most common mistake poets make.

Five (±New Year's) Resolutions for Writers

Five (±New Year's) Resolutions for Writers

Whether you read this in January or July, the following resolutions for writers are a combination of things I strive for personally and also encourage others to do.

The Perks and Pitfalls of Writing in First Person

The Perks and Pitfalls of Writing in First Person

What do we gain and what are we giving up when using that ever-enticing "I" pronoun.

You, Dear Writer, Are Not the Narrator

You, Dear Writer, Are Not the Narrator

Although you, the writer, are indeed doing the writing, your narrator is the one telling the story. And that narrator is not you.

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