December 2006

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Features
Step by Step: Playwriting: Bring a historical person to life
By Steve Newman
Step by Step: Create flesh and blood characters
By William Kowalski
Your ultimate fiction workout
By Quinn Dalton
Writing in two worlds
By Irina Reyn
Young adult novels: Innovative waysto write stories teens want to read
By Mindy Hardwick
On the edge with Jodi Picoult
Learn plot tricks from an old master: Shakespeare
By Mary Bly, Andrew Hartley
Departments
Breakthrough
A writer’s success story
Sounding like herself, not James Patterson
By Michele Scott
Freelance Success
Easy money from reprints
By Kelly James-Enger
Get Published
Get Started
Help for the new writer
Mystery writing, Part II: Create satisfying sleuths and villains
By William G. Tapply
How I Write
Established writers share their writing practices
Susan Straight
By Tracy Mitchell
Literary spotlight
WEST
By Melissa Hart
Letters
Market listings
Publications, publishers, agents
Literary markets
Market focus
Rx for success in the medical market
By Lisa B. Samalonis
Off the cuff
Poet to poet
Tips for finding the right words
By Marilyn Taylor
Syntax
Bathe them in opulence
By Arthur Plotnik
WriteStuff
Book reviews, products and resources
Writer at work
Practical solutions for writing problems
Bridging the gap between magic and realism
By Paola Corso
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