by Emily Campbell | Writing Competitions
Learning how to make money writing covered calls can feel like trying to untangle a massive knot of yarn on a rainy afternoon. I have spent two decades in the trenches of the writing world, wrestling with plot holes, stubborn characters, and the crushing weight of a...
by Emily Campbell | Writing Competitions
Learning how to win a writing competition is rarely about a single stroke of genius. I remember the first time I entered a contest. I had spent three weeks hunched over my keyboard, fueled by nothing but lukewarm coffee and a desperate, clawing need for validation. I...
by Emily Campbell | Writing Competitions
Learning how to win writing competitions is often the difference between a drawer full of rejected manuscripts and a trophy shelf covered in awards. I remember the sting of my first major rejection. It wasn’t just a polite “no” from an editor; it...