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Ditch imaginary grammar rules, part 1
ONLINE COLUMN: Watch Your Language BONNIE TRENGA
Keep careful notes while you research

ONLINE COLUMN: Writing for Children

 NANCY I. SANDERS
Spice up your writing: Avoid generic words and clichés
ONLINE COLUMN: Watch Your Language BONNIE TRENGA
Learn the protocol of submitting to achildren's-book agent

ONLINE COLUMN: Writing for Children

 NANCY I. SANDERS
Aim to be average: Avoid overly long sentences and sentence fragments
ONLINE COLUMN: Watch Your Language BONNIE TRENGA
Tap into the school market by learning about state and national standards
ONLINE COLUMN: Writing for Children NANCY I. SANDERS
Under the whether: Fix embarrassing word errors
ONLINE COLUMN: Watch Your Language BONNIE TRENGA
Tips on choosing a topic and finding a fresh angle
ONLINE COLUMN: Writing for Children NANCY I. SANDERS
Follow the yellow brick road: Take steps to fix problems with subject-verb agreement
ONLINE COLUMN: Watch Your Language BONNIE TRENGA
Here's the scoop: Avoid these common punctuation mistakes and keep your readers happy
ONLINE COLUMN: Watch Your Language BONNIE TRENGA
Building a writing career
ONLINE COLUMN: Writing for Children NANCY I. SANDERS
Don't lose your subjects--help missing people find their way back into your sentences
ONLINE COLUMN: WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE BONNIE TRENGA
The self-publishing and print-on-demand market
ONLINE COLUMN: Writing for Children NANCY I. SANDERS
Healthful food doesn't have fillers--and neither should your writing
ONLINE COLUMN: Watch Your Language BONNIE TRENGA
A bunch of "has-beens": Use imaginative verbs, not the same old ones
ONLINE COLUMN: Watch Your Language BONNIE TRENGA
"Spot the loony": Dangling modifiers can be unintentionally funny
ONLINE COLUMN: Watch Your Language BONNIE TRENGA
Writing in a parallel universe: How to achieve parallel structure in your sentences
ONLINE COLUMN: Watch Your Language BONNIE TRENGA
Save the orphans: Take care of your "who" and "that" clauses
ONLINE COLUMN: Watch Your Language BONNIE TRENGA
Entering a writing contest
ONLINE COLUMN: Writing for Children NANCY I. SANDERS
Simultaneous submissions
ONLINE COLUMN: Writing for Children NANCY I. SANDERS
Economy affects in-flight magazines
JOHN K. BORCHARDT
7 steps to thriving in a tough economy
How one veteran freelance writer dug himself out of a hole JOHN K. BORCHARDT
Writing advice from the first Writer's Handbook  
Here are some words of writing wisdom that have stood the test of time.  
How a stay-home-mom became a writer  
WENDY WALKER, AUTHOR OF "FOUR WIVES"
BLOGS FROM AWP 2008
Contributing editor Erika Dreifus blogs from the AWP Conference in New York City 
Eight ways to 'find' a story
When your fiction is not happening, some prewriting techniques may prime the idea pump LAURA YEAGER
Transatlantic pen pals share writing tips, friendship
BEATE BOEKER AND MARGARET DAMELE ELAM
Use your story's setting for all it's worth  
TIMOTHY HALLINAN
What every writer needs to know about dialogue  
JEWELL PARKER RHODES
11 mistakes beginning children's writers make  
CAROL IVERSON
A plan for setting writing goals  
BARBARA SAMUEL
How I Write with Janet Fitch  
TRACY MITCHELL
How I Write: Robert Pinsky  
GWEN MORAN
How I Write: Gregory Maguire  
BETH BAKKUM
Jump-start your creativity  
If your writing has stalled, try some of these 40 writing prompts to get moving HEATHER WRIGHT
How I Write: Sara Gruen  
Poetry Beat: World's largest library is a hefty resource for poets  
KAY DAY
Break through writer's block
MICHAEL A. BANKS
Poets find inspiration and readers through blogging  
KAY DAY
How I Write: Francine du Plessix Gray  
Keeping the poets civil  
For Christine Potter, the online workshop Gazebo is a challenge and a labor of love. KAY DAY
How to start a novel: The willingness to be the best and the worst
ALBYN LEAH HALL
Combining genres: Poems come wrapped in Carol Goodman's mysteries  
KAY DAY
The mystery of character
ROBERT WILSON
How I Write: Susan Straight  
TRACY MITCHELL
Top book editors on what's hot  
MARY LYNN
A good first draft needs structure and imagination  
SHEILA WILLIAMS
Why You Should Read Your Work Aloud
ELIZABETH STUCKEY-FRENCH
Six tips for writing better dialogue
PETER BRANDVOLD
A good first draft needs structure and imagination  
SHEILA WILLIAMS
What makes a good short story?
RUTH MOOSE
Writing Open the Mind  
Writing exercise ANDY COUTURIER
Short-story do's and don'ts
20 ways to make your work more publishable NAN LESLIE
Make your minor characters work for you
BARNABY CONRAD
Common weaknesses with writer and editor
GINA FRANGELLO
7 rules for writing historical fiction
ELIZABETH CROOK
Writing about emotion in fiction
Some steps to help you draw the line between sentiment and sentimentality

 WENDY WUNDER
Hear what novelist John McNally has to say about voice
Surviving disasters  
MICHAEL BRACKEN
How to study a target magazine  
LYNN ALFINO
Make your stories authentic  
Some tools and tips for doing historical research online ERIKA DREIFUS
Develop a routine that works  
Get Started: Basics (Part 1 of 6 part series) SHIRLEY JUMP
A matter of time
GUY STEWART
How to invigorate your writing
Substitute verbs for adjectives and adverbs and watch your story take off BARNABY CONRAD
The powerful pull of reading  
RACHEL HADAS
Jump-start your fiction with two words: What if?
BARNABY CONRAD
Quiet! Writer in the house  
How to run a busy household and find time to write CONNIE HECKERT
Set goals for the new year
Dream big, but then take action SHARON MIGNEREY
How to become a (temporary) expert  
5 ways to give your nonfiction the voice of authority KAREN O'CONNOR
The path to publication  
Mystery writer Thomas O'Callaghan describes the 12-year journey of Bone Thief, from concept to published book. THOMAS O'CALLAGHAN
Fiction pointers from Sam McCarver  
SAM MCCARVER
Search for the story: One writer's approach to fiction
JONATHAN RABB
The 11 cardinal "rules" of publicity and why you should break every one of them  
PAUL HARTUNIAN
First pages  
KATE PEPPER
Pinned-up wisdom  
L.C. ANDERSON
My journey to publication  
JOAN HALL HOVEY
Top 10 marketing tips  
JANET ELAINE SMITH
Marketing ideas  
JANET ELAINE SMITH
Internet research  
ERIKA DREIFUS
Writing the follow-up novel  
You aren't really a sophomore RICHARD COX
Letter writing  
Responses sent in by readers of The Writer e-newsletter  
Analyze your market before submitting  
Here is what you should look for when you study a magazine ELFRIEDA ABBE
Byline envy  
NANCY DAVIDSON
Opportunities for student writers  
ERIKA DREIFUS
Search for the story  
One writer's approach to fiction JONATHAN RABB
Writing suspense: Fiction vs. reality  
MICHELE MARTINEZ
Holiday stress-busters for writers  
TIPS FROM OUR READERS
Beth's Blog: NaNoWriMo  
BETH BAKKUM
How to deal, Part II: Advice from our readers  
How to deal: Advice from our readers  
Tips on proofreading your work
RON BEATHARD
How to find the right agent for you
DAVID WILSON
Getting started: Advice from our readers  
Is your writing for profit or pleasure?  
IRS rules are strict on deductions JULIAN BLOCK
How long do you need to keep financial records?  
JULIAN BLOCK
Inspiration for writers  
Quotes sent in by readers of The Writer 
Advice for the new writer  
REBECCA VINYARD
Fellowships for MFA grads  
Continue crafting your work at one of these programs ERIKA DREIFUS
Great beginnings  
Freelance lingo in a nutshell  
SHAUNNA PRIVRATSKY
Travel writing: 7 steps to success  
KATHLEEN PEELEN KREBS
On writing  
STEPHANIE GERTLER
When winners are losers
Congress eliminates a tax break for award-winning writers JULIAN BLOCK
Freelancing 101  
KELLY JAMES-ENGER

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