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May 2008 |
The Writer
The essential resource for writers
Join thousands of successful writers when you subscribe to The Writer magazine. Each month The Writer is full of features you can use to improve your writing, including before-and-after examples of improved writing, more literary markets than ever before, practical solutions for writing problems, selected literary magazine profiles, tips from famous authors and hands-on advice.
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Features Making behavior speak By
Patrick McGilligan In developing his writing, top filmmaker-screenwriter Barry Levinson learned how to 'become all the characters' in his head |
pg. 18 |
Archive: How to become a writer By
Sloan Wilson Live fully and record your experiences to describe not only yourself but humanity |
pg. 22 |
The junk we carry By
Thomas E. Kennedy How an accomplished fiction writer found some of his best stories in notes, scraps and souvenirs |
pg. 25 |
How to craft winning queries 5 savvy writers show you--word for word--what worked for them |
pg. 28 |
Step by Step: A fresh eye and busy feet make a travel writer By
John Smolens Learn to be a good hunter-gatherer and avoid the bland prose of a brochure |
pg. 32 |
Find a glimmer of a story in everyday events By
Sharon McDonnell Your best ideas may be the ones that come to you when you aren't sitting at a desk |
pg. 36 |
Departments Letters Another Dickens tip |
pg. 7 |
Take Note The 'alarming' state of reading in America By
Chuck Leddy, others |
pg. 8 |
Get started Get it done: Tips on completing your first screenplay By
M.J. Huang |
pg. 13 |
Breakthrough A writer’s success story A freelancer follows the pyramid approach to career building By
Barry Michaels |
pg. 14 |
Off the cuff Connecting with writers past By
Mary Curran Hackett To literally walk in the footsteps of famous writers is like coming home |
pg. 15 |
Writer at work A new premise brings a story to life By
Brandi Reissenweber How a writer learned the benefits of patience and going in the opposite direction from her original plan |
pg. 39 |
Freelance Success 25 tips to boost your freelance sales By
Ligaya Figueras How to stay on top of all aspects of your writing--and make it more profitable |
pg. 41 |
WriteStuff Mosely gives no-nonsense fiction tips By
Chuck Leddy Review of This Year You Write Your Novel by Walter Mosley |
pg. 43 |
Market focus Make your future out of the past By
Sean McLachlan Here's how to break into the burgeoning history market |
pg. 45 |
Literary spotlight Chattahoochee Review By
Melissa Hart A regional name belies its cosmopolitan nature |
pg. 47 |
Market listings Contests By
Compiled by Martha Lundin |
pg. 48 |
How I write Richard Conniff By
Kate Campbell |
pg. 58 |
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