#thestruggleisreal 3/3

Dec 31, 20186 min read

Justifying your commentary

Prior to the thrill of receiving their Submission Manager account and their very first submission, all Polyphony Lit editors undergo a...

Dec 1, 20183 min read

Independently improving your own editing

It’s a conundrum that all editors face at some point – how can you improve your editing skills when you don’t know what your strengths...

Dec 1, 201811 min read

World falls apart as new reader pastes notes in wrong field

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold." ~W.B. Yeats, "The Second Coming" Scenario #1: Your internal notes are essentially the same...

Nov 4, 20183 min read

Avoiding Intimidating Yourself

By Grace Yue Editing others’ work can be a humbling experience. You look at his or her writing and think, I could never write anything as...

Oct 10, 20184 min read

Cracking the Enigma: Pieces You Don´t Understand

by Ore Amosu A Polyphony editor's worst nightmare: not knowing what to comment. You know the feeling you have when you can’t open a...

Oct 4, 20184 min read

Got Writer's Block?

by Anya Chabria, Emily Cho, Jodie Meng, Jennifer Wang, and Maggie Eames Even the best writers end up staring at the blank white page and...