November 1997

The Writer

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Features

Tricks of the wizard's trade

By Susan Dexter

Accuracy in mystery novels

By Fred W. Hunter

How to avoid transition trauma

By Bharti Kirchner

What makes good poetry?

By Peter Meinke

Plot and character: inseparable elements, Part 1

By Margaret Chittenden

A conversation with Elmore Leonard

By Lewis Burke Frumkes

Departments

From the editor

ASIMOV'S Science Fiction

By Gardner Dozois

Roving editor

Off the cuff

Writer's watershed

By Maxine E. Thompson

They say

Letters to the editor

The rostrum

Six steps to salable articles

By Michelle Howell

Where to sell manuscripts

Specialized Articles: Health; Education; Farming & Agriculture; Media & The Arts