Someone told me— right before my transatlantic flight—that Englishmen hate confrontation. Flash forward to my writing internship in London and I have an ex-MI5 agent, veins popping purple through the Skype window on my 16-inch laptop screen, about to burst from my criticism of his second to-be-published novel. His vitriol,…
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On (Not) Writing While Traveling By: Stephanie Koo
Would it be blasphemous to suggest that I didn’t have the time of my life while I was abroad? I should have expected to feel this way, in all honesty. At the time, the opportunity that I had received felt like a once in a lifetime adventure. When else was…
Color Blind By: Brandon Marquis
When I was young, my mother told me to always dress better than all of the other kids. She told me that I needed to speak better than them as well. She encouraged me to read. She knew that I had to try harder than everyone else. She knew that,…
5 Tips for Being a Good Editor
A good writer is nothing without a good editor. However, a good editor is not always easy to come by. Just as there is an art to writing, there is an art to editing. Here are five tips for being a good editor. Proofreading is not editing. Proofreading (or copyediting)…