After a couple of rounds of edits the hope is that both you and your editor will be proud of the piece you’ve written. Now it’s time to wait for publication! Which could be fast or slow depending on their editorial calendar.
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The contract is signed and now it’s on you, my friend. The actual work of getting this story together begins. The first thing is not to do exactly what I did, which is put a bunch of pressure on yourself. Ha! You can do this, I promise. And if you can’t, you’re going to pretend because you have a contract to fulfill.
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You’ve worked so hard on getting the pitch right. Reading other pieces on the site to ensure that your idea is unique and that your voice matches the tone. You’ve pumped yourself up, hit send and you get that faithful email back that says, “I love it!” What the hell happens after that?
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Words, words, words. I can’t help but think about the importance of words while I’m in this revising process. It seems obvious that words would be at the forefront of this thing we all do, but there is so much depth to the possibilities when it comes to words. How we put them together, which ones we choose, all come together to build our approach and style.
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