February 2006

The Writer

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Features
Zadie Smith's worldview
By Chuck Leddy
Welcome to the real world
By Steve Salerno
Create buzz for your self-published book
By Dave Lieber
Tailor-made assignments
By George Burden
Tasty tidbits for fiction writers
By Sandra Gaffigan
A vital tool -use a timeline to create backstories for characters (Step by Step)
By Laurie Lindop
A powerful plot device for your fiction (Step by Step)
By Michael Kurland
Departments
Breakthrough
One way to avoid rejections: specialize
By John Slatter
Get Published
Ready to make your first sale? Stop! 10 things to know
By Moira Allen
Get started
How I write
Established writers share their writing practices
Literary spotlight
New Letters
By Gregg Rosenblum
Market focus
Recipe for success
By Steve Weinberg
Poet to poet
The birth of a poem
By Kenneth Steven
Writer at work
'Always return to the right foot'
By William Kowalski
Off the cuff
Syntax
The 'absolute' advantage
By Arthur Plotnik
Letters
WriteStuff
Book reviews, products and resources
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