December 2005

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Features
An interview with Lorrie Moore
From Brahms to bathrobes
Junk mail and other surprising sources for story ideas
The 2 sides of freelancing
Writer in residence
Departments
Breakthrough
Aiming for the top and finding The New Yorker
Dear Writer
Send The Writer your questions on writing
Ethics
A discussion of ethical issues related to writing and publishing
Get Started
Develop your novel idea
Get published
10 ways to deliver what an editor wants
How I write
Established writers share their writing practices
Letters
Literary Spotlight
Night Train
Market focus
Become a foreign correspondent without leaving home
Off the cuff
Poet to poet
Line by line
Step by Step
No one's perfect
What happens next: 7 steps to plotting a children's story
6 ways to use props to deepen your fiction
Syntax
Ebeneezer Scrooge, Miss Havisham...The art of choosing names for your characters
Writer at work
Finding a stronger ending
WriteStuff
Book reviews, products and resources
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