WRITERS DIGEST magazine August 1997 Judith and 50 similar items

SEE BELOW for MORE MAGAZINES' Exclusive, detailed, guaranteed content description!* With all the great features of the day, this makes a great birthday gift, or anniversary present! Careful packaging, Fast shipping, and EVERYTHING is 100% GUARANTEED. TITLE: Writer's Digest Magazine ["America's Leading Writer's Magazine" -- See FULL contents below!] ISSUE DATE: AUGUST 1997; Vol. 77, No. 8 CONDITION: Standard sized magazine, Approx 8oe" X 11". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo) IN THIS ISSUE: [Use 'Control F' to search this page. MORE MAGAZINES' exclusive detailed content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date. ] This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 FEATURES: ON THEIR OWN, by JANE ZASTAURY With sophisticated and affordable desktop-publishing programs and the Internet as their weapons, many writers are discovering that the road to success doesn't necessarily go through New York's Publisher's Row--or through any publisher's office. Meet five writers who mapped their own route and successfully self-published their own books. Plus, Gordon Burgett considers 15 key decisions for the self-publisher, and Tom and Marilyn Ross point out 11 common mistakes you'll want to avoid making. SENSATIONAL SELF-PUBLISHING Join us in celebrating the six winners of the Writer's Digest National Self-Published Book Awards. STORY TELLING SECRETS BY MONICA WOOD Story devices--writing techniques that help your fiction accomplish its goals--must be handled with aplomb, or they'll make your story bomb. A top-notch fiction writer uncovers three devices that work, and slams the door on three that don't. JUDITH GUEST UNRAVELS HER FAMILY TIES INTERVIEW BY MARGERY GUEST Novelist Judith Guest sits down with her sister Margery to discuss the writing of her latest book, Errands, which draws its plot and characters from the Guest family history. Enjoy a spirited conversation about adapting real life into fiction, when to deep-six a project--and one way to deal with sibling rivalry. ENDS FOR ANY ARTICLE BY LEON FLETCHER If you want to finish your nonfiction with flair, you must learn to craft article endings that will leave your readers satisfied. These ten techniques will get you to the end with style. CHRONICLE: SMOKE AND MIRRORS BY MICHAEL J. BUGEJA Can "writing what you know" cause cancer?. COLUMNS. FICTION Nancy Gress wraps up her tour of classic plot structures. POETRY Michael J. Bugeja explains well the villanelle. SCRIPTS Lawrence G. Dillalio uncovers Hollywood's gray side. NONFICTION David A. Fryxell gets into heads. DEPARTMENTS. S LETTERS. THE WRITING LIFE Paul Theroux's career opportunities. Plus, win prizes with Your Assignment. THE MARKETS Our exclusive, expanded report on where to sell your writing. Plus, more great news for self-published writers. SO TIP SHEET Five tips for pleasing your script's first reader. ______ Use 'Control F' to search this page. * NOTE: OUR content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date. This description Edward D. Peyton, MORE MAGAZINES. Any un-authorized use is strictly prohibited. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Careful packaging, Fast shipping, and EVERYTHING is 100% GUARANTEED.