Hannah McSorley
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The Secret They Don’t Want to Tell You About Discipline
For most of my life, I’ve repeated the phrase, “I just need to be more disciplined” more times than I could count. As one year ended and another began, and I reflected on the lack of progress towards my goals, I would resolve that in the new year I would finally figure out my relationship to discipline and get myself back on track. And then I did that for five years in a row.
By Hannah McSorley3 years ago in Lifehack
How to Get Your First Short Story Published in a Literary Magazine
Of all the days in my 25 years of life so far, the best 4 were those in which I had a story accepted for publication in a literary magazine. As a budding writer, you need to share your work with someone in your life to maintain the motivation and self-belief to keep going—and getting the validation from the editor of a literary magazine who is saying not only, “keep writing,” but also, “I want to publish this story and share your work with our audience,” is a top-tier experience during your formative writing years.
By Hannah McSorley3 years ago in Journal
