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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: December 1986; Vol. 66, No. 12 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 COVER: Five First Novelists tell their success stories. FEATURES: Good News for Unpublished Novelists: Advice From Five Recently Published First Novelists by Candy Schulman The first novel seems stronger than ever, and the proof lies in the numbers: more than first novels (and short story collections) published last year. The proof also lies in the people: the five first novelists whose success stories are told here. Plus: Advice you can use to place your first novel. Satisfying the Reader by Dennis E. Hensley When your article presents a problem, readers expect you to supply a solution. This is a pattern of reader expectation--one of six identified in this article. Know these patterns, and use them, and you have the key to successful article-writing. Children's Story Plots That Put Editors to Sleep by Sharon Elswit Too many writers turn to lectures and moralizing when writing fiction for kids, and that leads to standard plots and boring characters. Here's how to identify and avoid tired, unsalable children's tales. The Finer Points of Characterization Part Ill: Making Your Characters Believable by Orson Scott Card What's in your hero's past? Why does your heroine act the way she does? In the last of three articles, a Nebula Award-winning novelist explores how you can use the realistic tools of past and motive to create memorable characters for your stories. Chronicle: My First Novel by Richard Nagel A young writer learns to shut out the noise of other writers, and of his own internal critic. DEPARTMENTS:. Letters More tips from writers. New York Market Letter. The Writing Life You never thought punctuation could be fun . The Markets by the editors of Writer's Market. The West Market Report by John M. Wilson. Grammar Grappler. COLUMNS. Poetry: The Last Roundup by Judson Jerome The final installment of our examination of today's major poets. Nonfiction: Me and Ms. Jones by Art Spikol Tips on drawing out tough interview subjects. Fiction: Buckling Down by Lawrence Block Get to work. Writer's Digest Subject Index For your reference, a rundown of the how-to pieces, interviews and profiles, humor, inspirational pieces and other articles WD has published in the last year. ______ 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.