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January 2008 |
The Writer
The essential resource for writers
Join thousands of successful writers when you subscribe to The Writer magazine. Each month The Writer is full of features you can use to improve your writing, including before-and-after examples of improved writing, more literary markets than ever before, practical solutions for writing problems, selected literary magazine profiles, tips from famous authors and hands-on advice.
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Features A great story-and a gripping morality tale, too By
Sarah Anne Johnson For Thomas Mullen, creating a moral dilemma around the horrific flu epidemic of 1918 became the germ of a critically praised first novel |
pg. 18 |
Archive: Use your 'creative memory' By
Jane Yolen The prolific author explains her collage approach of piecing together bits of personal history to write authentic stories |
pg. 22 |
Letter to a naïve MFA student By
Joshua Henkin A novelist and instructor offers his view of where developing writers of literary fiction are going wrong and hurting their chances of success |
pg. 24 |
Step by Step: We have ways of making you talk By
Lois J. Peterson Interrogation techniques to help unearth your characters' stories |
pg. 28 |
Step by Step: Get your characters through doors without stumbling By
Michael Kurland The art of transitions is a subtle but important one for good storytelling |
pg. 31 |
Tips on getting unstuck By
Gail Godwin A veteran novelist offers some personal history and advice on what to do when your fiction project grinds to a halt |
pg. 34 |
Freelancing: Simply irresistible By
Nancie Hudson 5 techniques for writing inviting leads |
pg. 38 |
Enchanted Granite By
Andra Payne 2007 Sylvia K. Burack Award winner |
pg. 40 |
IRS opens a new door for home office By
Howard Scott New tax rules mean you might want to take a second look at this option |
pg. 42 |
Departments Editor's Notes A Big Apple invasion By
Jeff Reich |
pg. 6 |
Letters Take Note Loot vs. literature: Genre and literary fiction; and other stories By
Chuck Leddy, others |
pg. 8 |
Get Started In speechwriting, know your speaker and audience By
Jerry Slaske |
pg. 13 |
Breakthrough Unique story angle separated her novel in the slush pile By
JoMarie Grinkiewicz |
pg. 14 |
Off the Cuff How a writerly attitude led to success By
Hervie Haufler When the young author learned to embrace new experiences, he found his calling |
pg. 15 |
Writer at Work And then this happened By
Quinn Dalton Turning summary into scene became the key to publication |
pg. 44 |
Freelance Success The virtues of being a generalist By
Jonathan Bender Don't carve a niche, says this writer, who offers an alternative to specializing |
pg. 46 |
WriteStuff Well-known writers discuss the craft By
Chuck Leddy, Erika Dreifus Reviews of The Paris Review Interviews, Vol. II, edited by Philip Gourevitch, and The New Writer's Handbook 2007: A Practical Anthology of Best Advice for Your Craft and Career, edited by Philip Martin |
pg. 49 |
Market Focus Writing to inspire By
Carolyn Campbell In the inspirational market, editors seek stories of hope featuring everyday people |
pg. 52 |
Literary Spotlight Tin House By
Gregg Rosenblum High-quality magazine lures novices, veterans alike |
pg. 54 |
Markets Agriculture/rural life, environment, health, science |
pg. 55 |
How I Write Stuart M. Kaminsky By
Mary Ellen Collins |
pg. 66 |
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