Today in The Writer's Corner: Rachel Kramer Bussel on The Secrets to Writing Personal Essays that Get Published
Join us live TODAY at 1 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PST. Link to session below!
Have you been pitching essays without any luck? Ever wonder why an editor picks one essay over another? In this session, we will talk to Rachel Kramer Bussel—founder and editor of the personal essay magazine Open Secrets—about what she looks for when selecting essays (and how to write revealing material).
Rachel Kramer Bussel is an essayist, journalist, and editor. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Glamour, Publishers Weekly, Salon, Slate, TODAY.com, The Village Voice, and many other publications. She’s the founder and editor of personal essay magazine Open Secrets and organizer of personal storytelling summit Open Secrets Live. Rachel is the author of How to Write Erotica and Lap Dance Lust and editor of over 70 erotica anthologies. She teaches essay writing workshops online and is working on a nonfiction anthology and a podcast on our relationships with and attachments to our belongings. Find her on Instagram and Bluesky at rachelkramerbussel.
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