Zano: Shandisa fikiso shoma, kunyange mutsa waunofunga kuti haudi. Dzidza kuti nyaya dzinoshanda sei uye nei dzichishanda.
2. Ndakanyora. Zvizhinji. Pakutanga, pfungwa dzaive dzisingagumi. Yakanga yakafanana nechepasi pevhu chitubu chakanga chave chisina kubviswa, uye ndaive geyser yekugadzira. Uye kunyange zvazvo ndakatanga kunyora nyaya shomanana kuti ndiwedzere ruzivo rwangu, ndakaguma ndichidanana nemufananidzo wakaisvonaka, wakamanikidzwa wakandiita kuti ndapedze nyaya yemauto mumakore anopfuura mashanu.
Zano: Kunyangwe iwe uri kushanda pane inoverengeka kana imwe purogiramu yakareba, kutora pfupa kuti unyore nyaya pfupi nguva nenguva inogona kukubatsira kusunungura iwe kubva mumamiriro ezvinhu akaipa iyo tinodana vanyori kudzivirira.
3. Ndakatumira nyaya dzangu pfupi kumabhuku ezvinyorwa . Dzimwe nguva ndakatumira nhau kunze kwenguva pfupi, vasati vawana mukana wekufamba uye kukura, uye ndakava nezvakawanda zvokuramba. Asi ndakanga ndadzidza pamusoro pekurasirwa kwero (98% pamagazini akawanda) uye ini ndaiziva kuti iyi yaiva mutsara wenhamba. Ndaiziva kuti handina kutora chimwe chazvo pachedu. Ndakanga ndakasindimara. Ndakaramba ndichidzoka uye ndichizviisa pasi, uye ndakatanga kuwana mvumo.
Gore rangu rakabudirira zvikuru-apo zvidimbu zvishanu zvakabudiswa-ini zvakare ndakanga ndichitsvaga 125.
Zano: Usarega. Seriously. Nzira chete yekukundikana ndeyokusaedza. Kana iwe ukarega kuenderera mberi uchienda nokuti yakakura uye inotyisa, inoramba ichingobhururuka uye ichikura uye ichiputsika uye ichibvumira iwe uchiramba uchiripo. Usaramba wakanyarara.
4. Ndakapika kuti ndisimbise hutano hwangu muboka revezera vevezera uye mumasangano akakwirira , kwandaifanira kushanda nevadzidzisi vakaita saSteve Almond naAimee Bender naCharles D'Ambrosio naAnthony Doerr naJim Shepard (hazvisi izvo Kudzidza nevanhu ava muchirongwa chemafabheti; nekuda kwechikonzero chakashata, chakangoshanda saizvozvo nenzira yangu).
Zano: Usanamatira mudzidzisi mumwe chete, uye usambofunga kuti wakanyanya kunyanya kudzidza zvakawanda. Pane nguva dzose.
5. Ndakatanga kuteerera nzeve dzandakadzokerazve mubasa rangu. Kurasikirwa, rudo, kuparadzanisa uye kuedza kuvazve zvakare. Ndakanyora kune pfungwa idzodzo apo ndakatanga imwe nhau itsva. Ichi chaiva danho rangu rokutanga pakufunga nyaya shoma shoma sechinhu chinopfuura zvese nyaya dzandakanyora dzakabatana pamwe chete.
Zano: Nyora kune chero chii chinokuchengetedza iwe usiku, chero chipi zvacho chinenge chichikomberedza mwoyo wako uye musoro wako.
6. Ndakaisa (izvo zvandaifunga kuti ndezvangu) nhau dzangu dzakanakisisa pamwechete, mune imwe rugwaro, kuti ndione kuti dzakabuda sei. Mamwe awo akanga abudiswa, uye vamwe vakanga vasina. Ndakanga ndisiri kutsvaga kuti nyaya imwe neimwe yakanzwa sei, mumwe nomumwe, asi iyo yainzwa seyakawanda.
Zano: Zvibvunze kuti chii chichazoitika kune muverengi pavanoona nekuverenga nyaya dzenyu pamwe chete.
7. Ndakapedza maawa asingaverengeki ndichigadzirisa urongwa. Kuisa nyaya mutsva, nekukwevera vakwegura kunze, kuisa vakwegura zvakare zvakare. Ndakashandura zita rekuunganidza kakawanda. Yakanga iri "Astronomical Objects" uye "Haana Kuzvipa Izvo Kwazvo Zvakarurama," uye "Ini Ndinokuona MuKuva Kwazvo" uye "Mwana Wemoto."
Zano: Pamberi kutakura rugwaro rwako nemashoko ako akasimba. Usafunga nezvekufanirwa kurayirwa kana bhuku rako richibudiswa; panzvimbo pacho, pfugama masokisi e edhari pakarepo. Vachave vakanyanya kukanganwira nyaya dzisina simba gare gare mumusangano kana ivo vatova murudo.
8. Ndakatanga kutumira zvinyorwa zvinyorwa zviduku zvinyorwa ndakayemura zvinyorwa zvakabudiswa zvandakaverenga. Ini ndakanga ndisinazve nhengo yeruzivo rwangu (nhau yakareba-uye isina vanhu vega), uye zvinoreva kuti "Ndine chinyorwa chisina kubudiswa chinyorwa" hachisi chakanaka icho chinokuwana iwe-kunyanya sezvo ndakanga ndisati ndambove yakabudiswa muThe New Yorker , uye haina kudzidza kubva kuIowa Writers Workshop . Asi iwe unoziva zvandakaita panzvimbo Ini ndaizova chikamu chemhuri huru, ine rupo rwevanyori vanoda chaizvo kubatsirana.
Zano: Bvunza shamwari dzako dziri vanyori (iwe waunosangana nenzira, mumakoro ako ekunyora uye mapoka ekunyora vezera) iyo mhariri wavo / muparidzi, uye kana zvakakodzera kushandisa zita ravo paunotumira tsamba yako kune iyo mharidzi / muparidzi.
9. Mipikano yakaita sarudzo yakanaka kwandiri, saka ndakapinda mune zvishoma.
Izvi zvinogona kuva zvinyengeri: kazhinji unofanirwa kubhadhara mari yekupinda uye mamwe mitezo inogona kunge inokanganisa iyo inopamba pamaroto evanyori vasina ruzivo. Asi panewo mazita akawanda anozivikanwa mazita mashoma emakwikwi ayo anonyanya kuzivisa avenue yevanyori vekutanga (vanyori vakadai saAntonya Nelson, Gina Oschner, Amina Gautier, Hugh Sheehy, Nancy Reisman, naAnthony Varallo vese vane zvinyorwa zvenguva pfupi zvakabudiswa semugumisiro we kukunda mukonano).
Zano: Usabvisa makwikwi zvachose, asi iva nechokwadi chekuti unoita basa rako rechikoro pamasiti akaita sevarondedzeri nevanyori, uye usabhadhara mari yekuendesa inoratidzika kunze kwekuenzaniswa nemubairo (somuenzaniso: $ 75 yemari $ 500 mubayiro mutinhimira wakanaka scammy).
10. Mushandirapamwe 53 wakazivisa kuti ndaive Top 10 Finalist yemubayiro wavo mu Short Fiction! Ndakanga ndanyadziswa ndisati ndaona (tarisai zvakataurwa pamusoro pe 98% kurambidzwa kwero), uye handina kuda kuwana tariro yangu. Asi tarisiro yangu yakanga yakwira. Ndaida izvi. Iyi kukohwa yakanga yakarambwa katatu, uye ndakanga ndichatanga kushamisika kana yakakosha, dai ndaive yakakodzera.
Zano: Kushungurudzika uye kuzvidya mwoyo ndeye chikamu chekunyora nekudhinda nzira. Usarega ichi chigumbusa iwe. Famba muzunguko, wozvichengeta wozunungusa jecha, uye tarisa kuti iwe ugove wakanyarara.
11. Heino kuguma kunopera: Handina kukunda Press 53 Mubayiro. Uyo anokunda akaziviswa, uye uyo anokunda akanga asiri ini. Ndakanzwa ndakasimbiswa mukusava nechokwadi kwangu. Ihafu yeawa gare gare, ndakagamuchira e-mail kubva kuna Kevin Morgan Watson, mu Press Press 53 muparidzi achiti, "Iwe wakanga uri wechipiri zvikuru," uye kana ndikave ndakagadzirira kukurukura mazano ekugadzirisa, vangada kuti ndiparidze bhadha rangu gore rinotevera.
Zano: Kuenzanisa kushaya tariro uye tariro. Dzimwe nguva zvinhu zvichaenda nenzira yako uye dzimwe nguva hazvizoiti, asi zvinowanzokushamisa iwe.
12. Ini ndakati, "Shamba iro! Kana ivo vasingadi kuunganidzwa kwangu sezvazviri, saka ivo vanonyatsoziva kana kuonga pfungwa dzangu. "Kidding! Ndinoverenga zvakare e-mail makumi mana nemana, ndichiita kuti ndirege kuifungidzira, ndokuzotumira kune murume wangu neshamwari kuti ave nechokwadi chokuti vari kuona chinhu chimwe chete chandakanga ndiri, uye kana chokwadi chechokwadi chakanga chasimbiswa, ndakanyora kudzokera kuna Kevin ndokuti, "Hungu!"
Zano: Usarega. Kunyora kwakaoma uye kuparidzira kwakaoma uye hakuna "matanho ari nyore." Zvauri kuita kuumba unyanzvi, uye nguva dzose iripo mumweya wako. Iko sekusingaperi segungwa, kumusoro kusvika pasi, kugungwa kumhenderekedzo.
Liz Prato ndiye munyori we * Baby On On Fire: Nhau * (Press 53), uye mhariri we * The Night, uye Rain, uye Rwizi * (Forest Avenue Press). Nhau dzayo uye zvinyorwa zvakaonekwa mune zvakawanda
mabhuku, kusanganisira The Rumpus, Subtropics, Hayden's Ferry Review, The Toast, Hunger Mountain uye ZYZZYVA. Anonyora muPortland, OR, uye anodzidzisa pamitambo yemitambo munyika yose.