July 2006

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Features
How to build strong characters (Step by Step)
By Corey Blake
Duo keeps the suspense building
By Jeff Ayers
5 tips for writing popular science (Step by Step)
By Charles Sullivan, Cameron M. Smith
Write a first-rate fiction query
By Jordan E. Rosenfeld
Freelancing: Get your facts straight
By Lori K. Baker
First-draft revisions: 7 reasons to wait before using the red pencil
By Laura Yeager
Get creative! 3 exercises to stretch your imagination
By Andy Couturier
Child's play
By Christina Hamlett
Departments
Breakthrough
A writer’s success story
How a 1925 newspaper article led to a Doubleday novel
By Lee Irby
Get Published
Partial or complete?
By Michael A. Banks
Get started
Help for the new writer
How to 'write tight'–and why
By William G. Tapply
How I write
Established writers share their writing practices
Ayelet Waldman
Letters
Literary spotlight
A Public Space
Market focus
Good assignments from state publications
By Sean McLachlan
Market listings
Publications, publishers, agents
Literary Magazines
Off the cuff
Memoir: William Zinsser on How to tell "your" story
By WIlliam Zinsser
Writer at work
Practical solutions for writing problems
Get across cultural meaning without losing the story
By Bharti Kirchner
WriteStuff
Book reviews, products and resources
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