New Writers — Do These 4 Things Before Submitting Your Stories

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Get your stories published quickly!

Are you patiently waiting for your story to get approved? Much to your dismay, you did not get your story published. Instead, you received a private note from an editor.

Now you’re in a back and forth chain of messages and your story isn’t getting published yet. Well, you can avoid all of this!

Here are four things you can do before submitting your stories. You’ll increase the chances of getting it published sooner rather than later. It’s a win-win for everyone!

Checking Publication Rules

Publications have their own set of rules. Before submitting any stories, review all of the rules carefully. Don’t skim over them!

Editors can and will reject you. We know if you didn’t read the rules.

For example, there are publications who only accept drafts, require a shoutout to other writers, or have other strict requirements.

If you want to publish your story there, you’ll need to fully understand and adhere to their rules.

Use Correct Tags

Depending on the publication, you may be required to use certain tags. As an example, we specifically require that the New Writers Welcome tag be used when submitting to the New Writers Welcome publication.

There are numerous submissions that are returned because the tag isn’t included. This is an easy fix to help get your story published sooner rather than later.

Take Advantage of Grammarly

Some people may not prefer to use Grammarly, but the tool does have some basic features that can help clean up your writing. Even the free tool can provide some useful suggestions to improve your story.

It can also pick up typos that you might have missed. Using the tool is quick and painless and you can reduce the chances of your story being rejected.

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New Writers — Do These 4 Things Before Submitting Your Stories

Get your stories published quickly!

Correct Formatting

Checking Publication Rules

Use Correct Tags

Take Advantage of Grammarly

Takeaway

New Submission Rules — New Writers Welcome

Updated 18th of November 2021

About Me — Linda

Hi! I write about mental health, travel and self-improvement!

Join Medium with my referral link — Linda Ng

As a Medium member, a portion of your membership fee goes to writers you read, and you get full access to every story…