October 1997

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Features
The Practice of writing: the writing workshop
By Joyce Carol Oates
Plotting your suspense novel
By Phillip M. Margolin
The authors and the literary agent
By Jim Hornfischer
Hands-on research: finding a bagpiper
By Eloise McGraw
Writing medical articles
By Jan Roadarmel Ledford
A reference shelf for writers
By Katherine A. Powers
Departments
They say
Off the cuff
Confessions of a lazy researcher
By Nancy Springer
From the editor
Roving editor
Letters to the editor
The rostrum
Writing you short story: six key elements
By Carolyn D. Wall
Market newsletter
Prize offers
Where to sell manuscripts
Fiction: General-Interest Magazines; Literary Magazines
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