Friday, March 11, 2005

Writer's Digest


Below are some of the articles featured in the latest issue of Writer's Digest. If you are serious about writing you should be honing your craft every day. This obviously means you should be writing. It also means you should be reading. Magazines like Writer's Digest and The Writer, books like Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction by Jon Franklin, Writer's Book of Wisdom by Steven Goldsberry, Getting Into Character by Brandilyn Collins and many more, should all be on your book shelf. If you don't know where to find GOOD writing books, ask me.

WRITING BETTER
*Staying on top of your story's details - how to make your article factually
bulletproof
*Writing Clinic - helping your children's story hero overcome obstacles within
himself instead of getting help from others
*Niches - Writing a Column

GETTING PUBLISHED
*A list of 21 Agents who are looking for new authors
*Fiction genres explained
*One of easiest marketing tools around

INTERVIEW
*An interview with Augusten Burroughs, who exposes his writing 'secrets'

WORK SMARTER
*How to find the right writers conference for you
*When and how to promote your work
*Submitting on Spec

Louise Bergmann DuMont

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