October 2000

The Writer

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Features
In whose voice?
By Barbara Taylor Bradford
Writing profiles of ordinary people
By Fraser Sherman
Discovering the power of metaphor
By Joyce Peseroff
A conversation with Marin Amis
By Lewis Burke Frumkes
What makes a good short story
By Ruth Moose
Six tips for writing better dialogue
By Peter Brandvold
Write from where it hurts
By Anne Bernays
Departments
Roving editor
Off the cuff
How I killed my novel
By Joan Mazza
They say
Letters to the editor
From the editor
The rostrum
Tip parade
By David Petersen
The writer's library
Market newsletter
Prize offers
Where to sell manuscripts
Fiction; Syndicates
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