September 1997

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Features
The novel - you do it your way, I'll do it mine
By Dorothy Uhnak
Playwriting quick and dirty
By Julie Jensen
Dialogue and characterization
By Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
Writing prizewinning shorts
By Selma Glasser
Greeting cards: creativity made easy
By Wendy Dager
Departments
Roving editor
Off the cuff
Sharing memories with your reader
By Eileen Herbert Jordan
They say
Letters to the editor
From the editor
The rostrum
The point of view in children's books
By Carrel Muller
The writer's library
Market newsletter
Prize offers
Where to sell manuscripts
Drama: Regional and University Theaters; Play Publishers Fillers and Short Humor
Greeting Card Markets
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