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Deborah Kay Kelly's avatar

What good suggestions. A manuscript doesn't have to pass each and all of these requirements. I think some, such as our poems disclosing with which other poets we are conversing, are useful modes of exploration. These may reveal some strengths and weaknesses.

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Lauri Robertson's avatar

Wonderful piece!

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Kristen Holt-Browning's avatar

I'm saving this in a folder with your recent "How to Organize a Manuscript" post, and I plan to keep them both on hand and refer to them constantly when I revise and organize my own manuscript this year. Thank you!

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Norvell's avatar

This was so good the first time I read it that I printed it and kept it close. Now it is even better. Thanks, Sean!

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