June 2007

The Writer

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Features
Step by Step: Plotting the middle-grade novel
By Candie Moonshower
Step by Step: Polishing your picture book
By Barbara Seuling
Step by Step: 11 manuscript errors to avoid
By Carol Iverson
Novelist Elizabeth George: Demystifying the writing process
By Kathy Pohl
Archive: To develop better characters, become a student of the human heart
By Gail Godwin
Alice Adams' formula for mastering the short story
By Robert Allen Papinchak
Break the rules! An approach to revising that gets surprising results
By Andy Couturier
Tips for improving your odds of self-publishing success
By Charles Gulotta
Find fresh ideas in unexpected places
By Donna Bear
How to find the perfect agent for you
By Melissa Hart
When stories emerge from ''tantalizing fragments''
By Leslie Larson
Departments
Breakthrough
A writer’s success story
Dr. Seuss sparks a grandmother''s dream to publish novel
By Beverly Stowe McClure
Freelance Success
Get ahead by targeting new magazines
By Larry Tritten
Get Published
Get started
Help for the new writer
How I write
Established writers share their writing practices
Rick Moody
Letters
Literary spotlight
ZYZZYVA
By Gregg Rosenblum
Market listings
Publications, publishers, agents
Children''s publications
Market focus
Riddle me this
By Noelle Sterne
Off the cuff
Girls don't write thrillers
By Gayle Linds
Poet to poet
Syntax
When to use ''you'' in fiction
By Arthur Plotnik
Writer at work
Practical solutions for writing problems
WriteStuff
Book reviews, products and resources
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