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Should More Critics Be Like George Bernard Shaw?
Should More Critics Be Like George Bernard Shaw?

George Bernard Shaw bravely critiqued the very people he might have hoped to please. One cannot imagine Augustin Daly having kind thoughts, especially after Shaw said that his casting decisions "ought not to be interpreted according to the dictates of common sense."
 

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Words Words Wordsjoel fishbaneJuly 31, 2016Comment
Do Those Two Gentlemen of Verona Deserve a Better Fate?
Do Those Two Gentlemen of Verona Deserve a Better Fate?

In Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare proved he understood the plight of the women of his time: they were expected to marry but more often than not, they were like the voters in the 2016 Presidential Campaign: they had to select the candidate they hated the least.

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Unbardjoel fishbaneJuly 22, 2016Comment
Doing Revisions the World Can See
Doing Revisions the World Can See

In three sentences, I attempted to set up the story's main characters and their problem: one of them is dead and one of them isn't.

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Author's Notesjoel fishbaneJuly 14, 2016Comment
100 Rejection Letters Is Not the Point
100 Rejection Letters Is Not the Point

The truly important statistic to consider when submitting is not the number of submissions you make but the quality of the responses and the length of time it takes them to respond.

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Author's Notesjoel fishbaneJuly 3, 2016 Comment
Persistence by the Numbers
Persistence by the Numbers
  • NUMBER OF DRAFTS: 12
  •  NUMBER OF WORDS IN FIRST DRAFT: 135, 504
  •  NUMBER OF WORDS IN FINAL DRAFT: 81 143
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Words Words Wordsjoel fishbaneJune 29, 2016rejections, thunder of giants, getting publishedComment
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