Category Archives: #amwriting

Steve Lopez, the LA times columnist, was guest speaker at my journalism class. He told us he used to hand in his articles, go home and rewrite them on a typewriter, because he thought of a better way to say something, despite the piece had gone to print. I cannot express the relief I feltContinue reading “Rewriting after going to print.”

The first story of 3 Minute Fiction competition is up!! They post their favorites of the week online, every weekend, until the competition ends.  This week is not mine unfortunately, but it’s very good. I liked that it had action and description. It never occurred to me that someone could move around -as my storyContinue reading “3 Minute Fiction: This Week’s Favorite Released.”

I am ready to be a real journalist. I submitted my essay one minute before the deadline at 11:59pm, while last week I sent it in to the minute at 12:00am.

3 min fiction entry status changed from, "received," to "in progress." Could mean, lounging on a grad student computer. Nervous. #amwriting A few people said my story has a chance of winning. If it gets rejected early, I will be so disappointed.. more than ever before #amwriting My piece has been submitted to 3 minContinue reading “3 Minute Fiction #amwriting”