April 2006

The Writer

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Features
Essential steps to pull readers into your fictional world (Step-by-Step)
By Michael Kurland
Meg Wolitzer: Her eye is on the details
By Bethanne Kelly Patrick
Perfect your conference pitch
By Andrew Whelchel, Jason Cangialosi
Blog, blog, blog
By Marilyn Ross
Departments
Letters
Market listings
Publications, publishers, agents
Conference listing
Breakthrough
A writer’s success story
Grooming her skills like a job applicant led to success
By Beverly Long
How I write
Established writers share their writing practices
Former U.S. poet Laureate Billy Collins
Get Published
How to connect with the right book editor
By Patricia Werner
Get started
Help for the new writer
Now it's time to polish your novel's first draft
By Sharon Oard Warner
Literary spotlight
Red Rock Review
By Gregg Rosenblum
Market focus
Join the rural renaissance
By Carol Ekarius
Poet to poet
Rx for an ailing poem
By Marilyn Taylor
Writer at work
Practical solutions for writing problems
When less is more: Don't bury your story with overwriting
By Leslie What
Off the cuff
Syntax
Strive to be bias-free
By Arthur Plotnik
WriteStuff
Book reviews, products and resources
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