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 1999; Vol. 79, 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: Dream Assignments What Do You Ask Marlon Brando? By Lawrence Grobel This noted celebrity interviewer shares his secrets for getting the stars to open up. Plus, our tips on building up to a celebrity interview. Because It's There By Kate Fitzgerald You don't have to scale a mountain to write true-life adventure tales. Research and passion can turn your idea into a book. Plus, breaking into adventure without breaking bones. Buy Your Ticket and Climb on Board By Jason Fargo Find out what makes a great travel article from editors of five top mags. Plus, how you can win a first-class assignment without leaving home. Writing Clinic: Foreshadow the Unexpected Critique by Dave King, manuscript provided by Ron Hess Letting your readers know something about your main character that the character doesn't know can be tricky. Here's one way to do it. The Four Steps of Manuscript CPR By Carolyn Wheat Has your manuscript stopped breathing? Revive it by following these tips. The Winner's Circle By Amanda Boyd We honor the winners of the 1998 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards. No Place Like Home By Alan Salomon Even if you live out in the sticks, you can get big-time assignments for big-time publications. This Memphis, Tenn.-based freelancer shows you how. Crafting Greeting Cards That Sell By Valerie Zehl Deliver your words to this $7 billion-a-year market and you could see your work in greeting cards everywhere. Bonus: A card-writing exercise to sharpen your skills. Easy as 1-2-3 By Mary Anne Donovan-Wright 1) Find out how the best instructions are put together. 2) Write clear, useable instructions of your own. 3) Build a profitable technical writing career. COLUMNS: FICTION Nancy Kress spoon-feeds you endings. NONFICTION David A. Fryxell plans your vacation. BUSINESS OF WRITING Jeffery D. Zbar manages your time. S C R I PTS Cynthia Whitcomb talks you through dialogue. DEPARTMENTS. LETTERS. THE WRITING LIFE A chat with poet Charles Ghigna. Plus, Your Assignment. THE MARKETS Get published in --find your byline in one of these mags before the end of the year. CHRONICLE Murphy's Law, applied to submitting a manuscript. ______ 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.