These magazines are hungry for good stories and we as writers are hungry for places to sell our work. That makes a good combination despite the drawbacks. Let's discuss this issue in depth. Here is the outline of the course I'll be teaching at Painted Rock for Writers. Sterling specializes in confessions for Black Americans.
Confessions are like mini-docudramas.
They are drawn from real life, but fictionalized. Getting started A. Read two or three confession magazines of your choice. Pick out one story you particularly like. Finding ideas in newspapers and how to use them Finding ideas on TV talk shows and how to use them Exploring your own life experiences Listening to others to create memorable stories 2. Creating time transitions in a short story Building relationships with limited words 4-Making your story as rejection proof as possible.