March 2007

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Features
Step by Step: Create great suspense: Hallie Ephron on hooking your readers at the start
By Hallie Ephron
Step by Step: When it pays tell, not show
By Bharti Kirchner
Step by Step: MIsdirection: a valuable tool
By Michael Kurland
Archive: Patricia Cornwell on how to create a strong voice
By Patricia Cornwell
Joseph Finder on the art of suspense
By Jeff Ayers
10 wise thoughts on character
By Meg Chittenden
Playing with time in the memoir
By Karen Propp
Sparks of thought
By Linda Batt
The ABC''s of screenwriting
By David Kohner Zuckerman
Writing op-eds for pay and pleasure
By Larry Atkins
Departments
Breakthrough
A writer’s success story
Author finds success writing from the heart
By Nora Raleigh Baskin
Freelance Success
How to find expert sources for your articles
By Kelly James-Enger
Get Published
Get started
Help for the new writer
Write from the sleuth''s point of view
By William G. Tapply
How I write
Established writers share their writing practices
Gregory Maguire
Letters
Literary spotlight
Glimmer Train
By Gregg Rosenblum
Market focus
Tech-writing savvy
By Jeffrey Carr
Market listings
Publications, publishers, agents
Off the cuff
The healing power of poetry
By Peter Pereira
Poet to poet
Syntax
Writer at work
Practical solutions for writing problems
A way out of the woods
By Douglas Unger
WriteStuff
Book reviews, products and resources
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