The reason for why there are so many variations of the same basic idea in our world is because different individuals require certain qualities out of their daily life in order to have their needs met. Differences, while some brighter than others, are now a necessity for survival, seeing how there is no such thing as an identical universe. There is a great competition to excel and only the most suitable difference for most types of individuals will succeed. The good news is that not all of us have the same expectations out of anything, regardless of what it may be, ranging from a car to something as simple as a magazine. That is what made deciding on one of the best magazines to criticize a more difficult task. I may have be looking through what I considered trash, while others looking at the same magazine were amazed of how well it fits their requirements. After a long search, a more sophisticated online literary site singled out from the rest, known as "Double Take".

One of the first aspects that seemed appealing was the simple, yet intelligent and to the point layout. There were not many graphics, however the ones that were included gave the magazine a certain image. For example, while most sites have graphics in order to attract the reader's attention and occupy space, "Double Take" had images with a more specific focus, such as a person calmly resting on the hood of an old car while looking at the sky in a very relaxed manner. That picture represented the link for past issues of the magazine, and done so in a very thought provoking manner. The idea implied that the readers of the magazine would be required to think while reading, a concept new to many.

The guidelines for submission were loose, though tightly oriented around intellectual work. The overall appearance of the magazine implied of one that would not accept any work not stimulating to the more sophisticated readers. Some of the subjects included compositions among the lines of discrimination and other social issues, and the writers are expected to contribute with new and thought provoking ideas in order to have their text published. Anything revolving around those basic categories can be submitted, regardless of what form it is in. The magazine accepts essays, literary criticism, poetry, short stories, and art, among others. "Double Take" thus appeals to a wide variety of writers due to those reasons. A writer who prefers to stray away from senseless topics should not have too many problems submitting their work.

The philosophy of "Double Take" is simple: make the readers think. A god writer can easily do that regardless of age, gender or whether or not s/he has been published before. Inexperienced writers are just as welcome to submit their work as any others.

Creativity will be the key for distinguishing who does and does not get published. The easy part is that creativity can be applied to anything, may it be ranging from poems to short stories, and from essays to works of pictorial art. A well suited example of how a photographer applied creativity to his work was by taking a photograph of New York City traffic and titling it "Survival". A writer taking such type of incentive is definitely on the appropriate path for attracting the editor's attention. Overall, the publication was very intelligently formatted, and done so in order to appeal to an intellectual audience. When subscribing, the authors should include a brief biography of themselves, what other type of work they do, and how the current piece of writing came about. Being published in such a sophisticated magazine is not easy, but a very worthy challenge.

Bogdan Manoli is am an amateur writer out of Queens New York. After surfing the internet and looking through , he had encountered many useful as well as useless literary magazines.