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MFA Programs and Applications - You're Not Alone

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Lucky versus Fortunate - Are MFA Admissions just a Game of Chance?

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Picking the "Right" MFA Program

Applying to MFA Programs: How to Write Your Best Manuscripts and Essays

How Does "Life Experience" Apply to Academic Writing?

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Creative Writing Pedagogy - Why Everyone Should Learn How to Teach

Teaching the Literary Essay

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Reading "The Competition": Learning About Your Own Writing by Seeing the Works of Published Writers

The Psychology of Overcoming Rejection

Editors and the Swamp: Escape from the Slush Pile Blues

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Riveting Works in Fiction

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Plot-Driven Science Fiction Novels

Thought-Provoking Fantasy Novels

Examples of Poorly-Written Books that Limit Themselves to Genre

The Transformation from the Cutting Edge to Stodgy Fame

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1-2-Writing Online Policies

A major part of the website restructuring has been to work out core policies for what you should expect as a writer and as a customer. I want your experience with 1-2-Writing to be as positive as possible, and I want to establish a positive atmosphere where everyone feels comfortable sharing their work. That said, I know it's impossible to foresee everything that may come up. Please feel free to contact me anytime you have questions about the site, or if the site fails to meet your expectations in any way. I will do everything I can to help every student become more comfortable with the art of writing, and the first step is ensuring a good professional relationship.

This said, there are times when the website will have reduced services, and when newsletters and updates are much slower than to be hoped for. As a graduate student, I'm afraid I won't always be able to host as many courses or write as many articles as I'd like. My promise to you is that I will not host a course (particularly a course with an admission fee) unless I can provide adequate teaching. If you do ever feel that a course doesn't provide enough feedback, definitely let me know. If necessary, I can adjust a course schedule or reduce the courses I host in order to give you the attention you deserve.

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At 1-2-Writing, your personal information will not be shared with anyone. However, you should know about cookies and our third-party advertizers - read all about it in our Privacy Policy.

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Do you have creative writing advice you'd like to share through 1-2-Writing? Click here to see our online publication policies. Or, to submit your work, go here.

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We're completely online. We neither need nor offer shipping. Yet we have a Shipping Policy. (Some days, I wonder if I shouldn't have gone to law school instead...)

1-2-Writing Satisfaction Guarantee

1-2-Writing maintains a 100% satisfaction guarantee - if you are not satisfied with a course, your money may be refunded in full. To qualify for this guarantee, you must complete all assignments in full as specified on the course registration homepage. All required assignments will be listed before a course is opened for registration, and no additional assignments will be required for the satisfaction guarantee.

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You may cancel your course registration for a full refund no later than 72 hours before the course start date. Course cancellations after this time may be refunded in full or part at the sole discretion of 1-2-Writing.

1-2-Writing Privacy Policy

1-2-Writing, as an online resource, takes your privacy very seriously. I realize that the internet community can be a very small place, and that any personal or identifying information can be too easily misused. If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please let me know:

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1-2-Writing may collect names and e-mail addresses of interested visitors. This information will only be collected from individuals whow request additional materials or information from 1-2-Writing, and no effort will ever be made to collect this information without your explicit consent.

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1-2-Writing is a participant in Google AdSense and other third-party online affiliate advertizing programs. These third-party programs may use commercial tracking cookies to gauge the online interests of visitors and to place appropriate ads on this and other websites. 1-2-Writing does not utilize or have access to the information gathered by these cookies, but you should be aware that such cookies are being used by third-party advertizing on this site. The following information is provided by Google Adsense, and it pertains to www.12writingworkshopsonline.com. You should know that 1-2-Writing has not opted out of the DART cookies mentioned below:

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Because publisher sites and laws across countries vary, we're unable to suggest specific privacy policy language. However, you may wish to review resources such as the Network Advertising Initiative, or NAI, which suggests the following language for data collection of non-personally identifying information:

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These guidelines apply to all works submitted for consideration to 1-2-Writing. By submitting your work, you agree to the following:

--1-2-Writing is solely responsible for the decision to post any work on www.12writingworkshopsonline.com.

--1-2-Writing will credit you as the source in all links and postings which include your article or refer to it. Your promoted websites will be included on any site page which includes your article. Your e-mail address will not be posted online unless you specifically request this in writing. If you like, I will post an online form which will allow readers to contact you directly through the website using a secondary e-mail account.

--Unless otherwise specified, all works submitted to www.12writingworkshopsonline.com will be posted as open-source content freely available for any interested parties. 1-2-Writing will provide no monetary compensation for works submitted unless a prior agreement is made in writing.

--1-2-Writing will maintain non-exclusive internet publication rights for your article. I encourage you to post your work on your own website and to a reasonable number of additional sites with which you are personally affiliated, but I ask that you do not distribute for widespread publication across the internet. If you do publish your article elsewhere (e.g. blogs, open-source indices, etc.), please include a link with your article to www.12writingworkshopsonline.com. Also, please let me know - I'll gladly post links to other sites presenting your article.

--You agree to accept the privacy policies and practices of all third-party affiliate services to which 1-2-Writing subscribes (e.g. Amazon, GoogleAds, and AllPosters). 1-2-Writing will not share your e-mail address or other identifying information with these services.

--1-2-Writing will not post your article to any site other than www.12writingworkshops.com. 1-2-Writing does not take part in third-party content distribution, and no submitted work will ever be submitted to such services. However, your article may be indexed through third-party internet search engines (e.g. Google) at the request of 1-2-Writing or due to the open-source nature of www.12writingworkshopsonline.com. 1-2-Writing may also post direct links to your article on third-party websites, but all such links will specify you by name and will include no more content than the title and the topic of your article.

--1-2-Writing has no control over external reviews or critiques of your article undertaken by third-party websites and will take no responsibility for their content or opinions. 1-2-Writing reserves the right to post public-access reviews and critiques of your work. Any such reviews submitted by outside authors will be bound by the same guidelines specified here.

--All views and opinions expressed in submissions to www.12writingworkshopsonline.com remain the sole property of the submitting author, and 1-2-Writing takes no responsibility for the personal preferences or recommendations of submitting authors. Excessive profanity, lewd or disparaging comments, and defamatory remarks will not be permitted on www.12writingworkshopsonline.com. Due to the artistic nature of certain works (e.g. fiction, poetry, memoir, etc.), 1-2-Writing may post works which may be deemed inflamatory or inappropriate by some individuals, and 1-2-Writing takes full responsibility for the artistic judgement regarding publication. 1-2-Writing reserves the right to post warnings and disclaimers regarding any work deemed to require parental consent or other considerations prior to reading.

--We are committed to an atmosphere free of physical and emotional threat.

By it's very nature, art often contains very strong emotional themes, and I encourage all authors to address the difficult issues that face us as individuals and as a society. However, addressing issues in a literary or artistic manner should not cross the line of encouraging violence or discrimation toward others. No submissions will be accepted which overtly promote physical, sexual, or emotional violence toward others. Any articles which promote discrimination on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, or ethnicity will also be removed from consideration. Serious or repeat submissions of this nature may result in the loss of membership and all privileges associated with 1-2-Writing. All decisions regarding this matter will be at the sole discretion of 1-2-Writing. No refunds will be given for individuals removed from membership or a workshop due to article submissions which violate this policy.

This said, understand that this policy is far more lenient for submissions than for direct posting in the membership or public areas of the website. If you would like to post anything - anything at all - and you are uncertain if it's appropriate, please let me know. I will not penalize anyone for inquiry.

--1-2-writing reserves the right to remove any article from the site at any time.

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All courses are provided online - no shipping fees apply.

Any books or materials required for a course must be purchased through a third-party vendor. For your convenience, links are provided for you to purchase materials through Amazon.com, but this is by no means required. 1-2-Writing holds no responsibility for shipping fees or schedules of third-party sources, including Amazon.com or its associates.

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