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: January 1999; Vol. 79, No. 1 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: 10 Secrets of Getting Published By Marshall J. Cook Can you get published in the world of brand-name authors, huge celebrity advances and a shrinking midlist? Can you get your byline in the biggest national magazines? Is it even possible to build a successful writing career anymore? The answer to each question is a resounding yes. Make 1999 the year of the byline--your byline--by following these ten can't-miss guidelines for breaking in. Plus, Lisa Lawston, one of eight first-time authors we talk to in this issue, shares her secrets for breaking in and getting published. Juggling Act By Sally-Jo Bowman To support your writing career, you must keep all your balls in the air: deadlines, research, queries, filing, idea hunting. If it sounds hard, you're wrong. This juggling act only looks difficult. A veteran freelancer shows you how it's done. The Plot Thickens By Monica Wood Your fiction will live and die on the strength of its complications. Why? Because without complications, your characters never have to take action. And if you don't have action, you don't have readers. Here's how you can create complications that keep your story simmering. 10 Things Your Editor Will Never Tell You By John Wood What do editors think when you offer an article on spec? Do they know when you've pitched your article to one of their colleagues? An editor at Modern Maturity answers these questions, and gives you the skinny on eight more editorial secrets so you can make sure your editor's silence is golden. Cheaper by the Dozen By Vicky Phillips Your great idea for that fantastic story could net you a byline and a check. But with only a little effort, you can turn that one story into a dozen--and increase your chances of getting published (and paid). Writing Clinic: Fixing Flawed Point of View By David King and Jason Swierk A book doctor shows you--with the help of one of his clients--how to fix your point of view problems. COLUMNS. FICTION Nancy Kress on quality prose. POETRY Michael J. Bugeja on painting poems. NONFICTION David A. Fryxell on extraordinary understatement. DEPARTMENTS. LETTERS. THE WRITING LIFE It's a wonderful new Writing Life--a bigger section with new features and old favorites. This month, we look at writer's block, must-see Web sites, tools of the writer's trade and more. YOUR ASSIGNMENT. THE MARKETS Breaking in at eight "editorially excellent" publications. Plus, a look at the Web's legal issues. CHRONICLE. ______ 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.