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August 2004 |
The Writer
The essential resource for writers
Join thousands of successful writers when you subscribe to The Writer magazine. Each month The Writer is full of features you can use to improve your writing, including before-and-after examples of improved writing, more literary markets than ever before, practical solutions for writing problems, selected literary magazine profiles, tips from famous authors and hands-on advice.
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Features By
Moira Allen The first of a two-part article on how to successfully market your nonfiction book. This month, we offer advice on how to find and evaluate potential publishers and meet their requirements. |
Edward P. Jones' untold stories By
Sarah Anne Johnson The author of The Known World on crafting his imaginative Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and his creative process. |
Writing a winner By
Jean Thompson The results of the first New Discovery Literary Award for Short Fiction, co-sponsored by The Writer and Rosebud, and an insightful analysis of the winning entry by a noted fiction writer. |
Create your own book tour By
Alix Strauss New authors may well be on their own in organizing a book tour. Here's how to go on the road. |
Hate to be interviewed? Get over it By
Lewis Burke Frumkes Get a book published and you'd better be ready to help publicize it. Here are some pointers on improving as an interviewee. |
Your blueprint for building a better screenplay By
Rick Reichman Most Hollywood films have a common structure, as well as requirements for each major part. Here's the blueprint. |
Learn to recycle your freelance 'leftovers' By
Robert Bittner An article is apt to leave you with unused "leftovers"--sidebars, trimmed copy, interviews, etc. Put them to good use. |
5 tips to sharpen dialogue By
Bharti Kirchner Good dialogue is crucial to your fiction, revealing character, advancing a storyline and more. Learn how to do it better from our novelist. |
Departments From the editor Take note Mark Haddon on why kids books are so "bloody difficult," plus other literary notes, Dear Writer, and information on contests and conferences. Breakthrough Octogenarian finds it's never too late By
Hervie Haufler In retirement, our writer found publishing success with his history of World War II's Ultra Secret--the crucial codebreaking project in which he himself participated. |
Get started Setting up your work space By
Sharon Miller Cindrich Don't work where you sleep--and other tips on finding and creating a comfortable, productive place to do your writing. |
Syntax Push your writing to the edge By
Arthur Plotnik "Writing with edge" is a popular term these days. But just what is it, and do you want it? |
Poet to poet Going formal By
Marilyn Taylor For the right poem, meter and rhyme are some traditional stylistic tools you need in your toolbox. |
Bottom line Earn more with reprints By
Kelly James-Enger You can make your articles do double or triple duty by effectively scouting the reprint markets. Here's how. |
WriteStuff A review of How to Be Your Own Literary Agent: An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book Published by Richard Curtis, plus some brief looks at other writing books. Market focus Write and sell how-to tips By
Arthur R. Lee Short how-to pieces aren't going to make you rich, but they can be quite cost-effective once you get the hang of them. |
How I write For The Atlantic Monthly's William Langewiesche, writing is a "tough racket" but also a privileged profession. |
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