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How to get published. A step by step insight into the steps one writer took to get published.

Winning strategies to write your masterpiece by guest blogger, Louise Kaestner. You’re staring at the word processor, stomach torn in shreds from the inside out. A deadline looms, whether it is for an assignment or a social media post. A wayward raven screams from outside your room, landing on the sill, its beak clattering on the glass. Bile rises in the back of your throat. Veins throb in your forehead. Sirens scream in the distance. Your world crashes before around you. The

Written by Ascent Novel Prize founder and competition addict, Hayley King The first time I entered a writing competition, I obsessively checked the dates. When was the long list going to be announced? When would I know how good my story was? A few years in, and I’d receive an email saying I’d been long listed for a competition I’d forgotten I’d entered. So, conscious you could be anywhere on that spectrum, I’ve designed a self-assessment tool that will help you find the right