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Santa Barbara, California

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http://thewritepractice.com

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JH Bunting is a bestselling author, novelist, and dad. He leads The Write Practice, an award-winning community of creative writers. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Talia and three kids and enjoys coffee and corpse reviver no. 2s. You can follow him on Instagram (@jhbunting) and find his creative writing under the name Joe Bunting.

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How to Publish a Short Story: Write Your First and Second Drafts

The article How to Publish a Short Story: Write Your First and Second Drafts appeared first on The Write Practice.

A week ago, I urged you to come on a publication journey with me, one where I walk you through the process of planning, writing, and submitting a short story. This is the second post in the four-part series on how to publish a short story. By the end, you’ll have a story ready to send

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	Let's Write a Short Story!: Get Published Sooner with Your First Short Story 3.90 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writers Doubt: The #1 Enemy of Writing by Bryan Hutchinson (Goodreads Author), J.H. Bunting (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.03 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hands 4.07 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	15 Days to Write and Submit a Short Story: Workbook (Let's Write a Short Story 2) 3.76 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Write Practice: 14 Prompts 3.72 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“At the same time, if you don’t finish something then what is the point of all this writing anyway? Someday, you will die, and all the stories you dreamed of writing will die with you. What do you have to complete to die satisfied?”
― Joseph Harold Bunting, Let's Write a Short Story!: Get Published Sooner with Your First Short Story

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“I think you can read a dozen different books and not learn a single thing about writing. Good writers don't read, they study books. They pick the plots apart and the sentences apart. And part of studying is copying. Reading is great and every writer should read, but reading alone isn't enough to learn what you need to learn...”
― Joe Bunting

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“The benefit of writing short stories is that they allow you to get rejected sooner. If you write a novel, it could take years for your work to be rejected.”
― Joseph Harold Bunting, Let's Write a Short Story!: Get Published Sooner with Your First Short Story

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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.”
― Wendell Berry, Farming: A Hand Book

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“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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“If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men--you may make some money and you may give someone a little joy and you may make a noise in the world, for a little while. If you write for yourself, you can read what you yourself have written and after ten minutes you will be so disgusted that you will wish that you were dead.”
― Thomas Merton, Seeds of Contemplation

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“A house without books is like a room without windows.”
― Horace Mann

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