George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm and 1984, among other works, knew how to craft a compelling and memorable novel. He wrote an essay entittled Politics and the English Language that among other things contained a series of tips, or rules for how to write effectively, as a way to share his ideas with others. The rules are all included below.
George Orwell’s Tips For Effective Writing
We Send You Publishers Seeking Submissions.
Sign up for our free e-magazine and we will send you reviews of publishers seeking short stories, poetry, essays, and books.
Subscribe now and we'll send you a free copy of our book Submit, Publish, Repeat
We Send You Publishers Seeking Submissions.
Sign up for our free e-magazine and we will send you reviews of publishers seeking short stories, poetry, essays, and books.
Subscribe now and we'll send you a free copy of our book Submit, Publish, Repeat
The Art of Getting Feedback On Your Writing
You're invited to join a talk with poet and editor Karan Kapoor. Karan is the editor in chief of Only Poems, and is on the editorial board of Alice James Books.
Available to watch right now, completely free.
Free Talk: Book Publicity for Authors with Caro Perny
Download the Slides. Caro Perny is a lifelong booklover, born and raised in New York City. She is currently Associate Director of Publicity at Tor Books. Over the course of her career, she’s worked with an amazing variety of bestselling, award-winning, and critically acclaimed authors such as Carissa Broadbent, Tochi Onyebuchi, James Rollins, Alyssa Cole,…
Available to watch right now, completely free.
Verso: Accepting Proposals
Verso is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world. They publish 100 books a year, and have editors based in Brooklyn, London, and Paris. They participate in all of the major book fairs. The majority what they publish is is nonfiction, and they are not open to unsolicited submissions of fiction of…
Quills & Quartos Publishing: Accepting Submissions
Quills & Quartos Publishing was founded in 2019. They started with a very specific vision, to focus on publishing the best Austenesque romance fiction. This is of course a niche market within a niche market, so if this is not the right fit for your work, please don’t submit or read further. However if you…
University Press of Mississippi: Accepting Submissions
The University Press of Mississippi was founded in 1970. They are currently the largest and only nonprofit publisher in the state. They are supported by Mississippi’s eight state-run universities. They publish work on a variety of subjects and are open to submissions in all nonfiction categories. They are interested in fiction or poetry submissions. You…
Elk Lake Publishing Inc: Accepting Proposals
This small press’s motto is “Publishing the Positive”. They were founded in 2016 by Deb Haggerty, whom you can learn more about here. Elk Lake focuses on publishing positive Christian books. Their website is a little out of date, and poorly organized. Although the main page clearly focuses on highlighting recent books, I didn’t find…