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The Eight Universal Unpublished Story Submission Plots in GIF Form

There’s a great post on The Weeklings entitled “How Not to Get Published,” in which writer Sean Beaudoin outlines 8 slush story types, instantly recognizable to every editor at every literary magazine ever.  

1. Mom’s Very Sick

2. Bar Fight

3. Social Outcast Imparts Jesus-y Lesson to The Immoral

4. The Affair

5. Vampire, Alien, Cannibal, Were-trout, Ghost

6. What Wise Elderly Dude Thinks About His Grandchildren, Politics, And Baseball, Mostly After Naps

7. Dad Felt Suzie Up

8. The Spoonful Of Dada

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  • 5 months ago
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The end of NaNoWrimo

nanowrimonovels:

When you are trying to figure out how to end your novel

When the deadline passes 

When you celebrate your new novel

Editors in the month of December

(don’t worry, we’ll keep posting the best entries)

Just, excellent. 

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My job explained by a gif
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My job explained by a gif

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  • 6 months ago
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Oh so you bought more than half of your Twitter followers?
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Oh so you bought more than half of your Twitter followers?

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  • 8 months ago
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, writing. 
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, writing. 

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  • 9 months ago
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Dear Religion, While you were debating what chicken sandwiches were okay to eat, I just landed on Mars. Sincerely, Your Pal Science
— Mike Huddleston (@MKHDDLSTN) August 6, 2012
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Dear Religion, While you were debating what chicken sandwiches were okay to eat, I just landed on Mars. Sincerely, Your Pal Science

— Mike Huddleston (@MKHDDLSTN) August 6, 2012
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The journey of life in a gif. 
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The journey of life in a gif. 

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