August 2005

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Features
How to read a literary magazine
By Gregg Rosenblum
A top TV writer on how a script is born
By Kinney Littlefield
Turn one interview into multiple articles
By Robert Bittner
Building a literary life
Revise your manuscript to get it published [Step by Step]
By Sam McCarver
Departments
Get Started
How to prepare your short story for submission
By Tom Bailey
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Breakthrough
A family gets published
By Joyce Litz
Syntax
Number know-how
By Arthur Plotnik
Off the cuff
Reader's wish list
By Peter P. Jacobi
Literary Spotlight
Zoetrope: All Story profile
By Gregg Rosenblum
Market focus
Taking aim at mystery
By Michael Bracken
Get Published
Putting the power in writers' hands
By Andrea Campbell
Writer at Work
It's show time
By Bharti Kirchner
Letters
Editor's Notes
It's all about craft
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WriteStuff
Book reviews, products and resources
Classified advertising
How I write
Established writers share their writing practices
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