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August 2009 |
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 High-Tech Tools: How to tame technology in fiction By
Arthur Plotnik You can't afford to be clueless about technology in your story. You need to learn how to tame it and exploit it. |
pg. p. 33 |
High-Tech Tools: Take your visual research online By
Michael A. Banks A veteran author describes how he's found a wealth of detail in Web image sources and put it to work in his books. |
pg. 36 |
High-Tech Tools: Put social-networking sites to work By
Debbe Geiger You keep hearing about them--Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter. Here's how they can help freelancers. |
pg. 38 |
High-Tech Tools: Consider a multiplatform approach By
Steve Saffel The new digital publishing landscape offers more ways than ever for writers to tell and promote their stories. |
pg. 40 |
High-Tech Tools: The new frontier of Web-based stories By
Carolyn Handler Miller An expert in the field offers a primer on some of the ways you can expand your storytelling horizons. You may be surprised. |
pg. 42 |
High-Tech Tools: 8 great iPhone apps for writers By
Karen Leland These inexpensive products turn the device into a tape recorder, list-keeper, organizer and much more. |
pg. 43 |
Get Started: How to choose a writing conference By
Erika Dreifus Having attended countless conferences, our writer offers you six questions to ask yourself. |
pg. 13 |
Breakthrough: Industry research was a key to success By
Mandy Hubbard How one writer took an active role in the submission process. |
pg. 14 |
Off the Cuff: Casting words in nature's best light By
Caitlin O'Connell A writer grapples with conveying the world's beauty in fresh and inspiring ways. |
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Poet to Poet: Focus on a central image to tell a story By
Gary Fincke Good narrative poetry reveals something significant to the poet--and to his readers. |
pg. 17 |
Murder in tartan plaid By
Hallie Ephron Scottish writer Val McDermid has carved a flourishing literary career out of independent, strong female protagonists. |
pg. 20 |
Archive: Connecting the unique & universal By
Joyce Carol Oates Great fiction writers draw upon specific experiences to illuminate the experiences of others. |
pg. 24 |
Behind the drab walls: A murder, and an idea By
Valerie Laken A neighbor's gossip changed everything for a home-remodeling couple--and led to a writer's first novel from HarperCollins. |
pg. 26 |
Advice from first-time novelists By
Sarah Anne Johnson Five writers offer a wealth of insights on where ideas come from and how they're developed, and their rewarding experiences with the editing process. |
pg. 28 |
Freelancing: Make the best of a change in editors By
Debbie Swanson The author offers five suggestions on how to weather a potentially difficult transition. |
pg. 32 |
Step by Step: Create the right screenplay structure By
Paula Brancato Here's a nine-step guide to writing a compelling screenplay. |
pg. 44 |
Bumper-sticker wisdom for writers By
Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant How to find literary inspiration in some pithy sayings |
pg. 46 |
A writing exercise that opened a world By
Jocelyn Bartkevicius A writer-editor recalls a point-of-view assignment from Susan Cheever that led to an award-winning essay. |
pg. 48 |
Freelance Success: Getting paid, even in a down economy By
Kelly James-Enger What to do if you haven't received a check--and how to avoid problem clients. |
pg. 50 |
Market Focus: Break into travel writing online By
Susan Finch Web markets in this popular niche seek flexible writers and a unique perspective. |
pg. 55 |
Literary Spotlight: Granta By
Melissa Hart The spotlight is on the literary journal Granta, describing its tone, preferences and writers. |
pg. 57 |
Departments Letters Take Note The cell-phone novel emerges as a new literary form By
Joy Lanzendorfer, others The cell-phone novel takes off as a genre, plus other literary notes, the debut of Lisa Shearin's new bimonthly column called "Dueling with Words," and an excerpt from a new writing book. |
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WriteStuff 10 must-have grammar and style books By
Chuck Leddy, Steve Weinberg Chuck Leddy rounds up 10 "must-have" grammar and style books for writers, plus a review of "Writing Places" by William Zinsser. |
pg. 52 |
Market listings Ethnic-multicultural; gay/lesbian; literary; regional/city magazines; and conferences and contests By
Compiled by Martha Lundin |
pg. 58 |
How I write Sarah Ruhl By
Gwen Orel For award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl, an emphasis on language is what comes first in writing for the stage. |
pg. 66 |
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