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November 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 A great ear for gritty fiction By
Chuck Leddy For Richard Price, a master of dialogue and urban realism, a story begins when he feels compulsively drawn to something |
pg. p. 20 |
Archive: A novelist is a storyteller By
Barbara Delinsky A bestselling author offers key ingredients for keeping readers spellbound |
pg. p. 24 |
10 signs you need a new agent By
Harvey Rachlin The author of 11 books suggests how to know when it's time to move on |
pg. p. 26 |
How to find the structure of your memoir By
Catherine McCall The author of a poignant family story offers some lessons learned in organizing memories |
pg. p. 28 |
When memories differ By
Joseph Taylor Was a family friend a kind old man—or a louse? How one writer wrestled with a thorny issue |
pg. p. 31 |
Write for readers, not your subjects By
Kurt Chandler To make it real, write initially as if the latter are 'blind or dead,' and worry later about offending people, this author advises |
pg. p. 32 |
When not to publish By
Angela Lam Turpin What would make a writer turn down a six-figure advance for her memoir? The answer gets at one of the sensitive challenges of this genre |
pg. p. 34 |
MFA grads find nonteaching jobs on campus By
Erika Dreifus You can have a fulfilling career—and arguably more writing time than professors have |
pg. 36 |
Learn to lie (Excerpt from "Naming the World," edited by Bret Anthony Johnston) By
Mark Winegardner An exercise in concrete detail puts you to work untangling a 'mangled' story opening |
pg. p. 19 |
Departments Take Note Making cents of book deals By
Chuck Leddy, others |
pg. p. 8 |
Get started Tips for no-pain networking By
Susan Johnston |
pg. p. 13 |
Breakthrough 'I can do better than that' became her mantra By
Barbara Nefer |
pg. p. 14 |
Off the cuff A writer's field notes on setting By
Peter Selgin Our author reflects on the search for meaning in place, for where we belong |
pg. p. 15 |
Freelance Success Sell more reprints, make more money By
Kelly James-Enger How to find and approach fresh markets for your previously published articles |
pg. p. 39 |
WriteStuff Book reviews By
Erika Dreifus The Art of Column Writing: Insider Secrets From Art Buchwald, Dave Barry, Arianna Huffington, Pete Hamill and Other Great Columnists by Suzette Martinez Standring |
pg. p. 41 |
Market focus Writing for Jewish magazines By
Ligaya Figueras Many viewpoints and topics appeal to avid Jewish readers |
pg. p. 42 |
Literary spotlight Memoir (and) By
Melissa Hart Edgy new journal welcomes memoir in all formats |
pg. 44 |
Market Listings Graduate programs (MFAs, MAs) By
Compiled by Martha Lundin |
How I write Kevin Brockmeier By
Zoie Clift |
pg. 58 |
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