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LEGAL GUIDE FOR WRITERS
Your Legal Questions Answered
By Brian A. Klems
Can you use song lyrics for your title? Can you quote comments from personal letters? We tackle these questions and more.

Hitting the Mark
By Lisa Wurster
What you need to know about using brand names in stories.

Know Your Copyrights
By Howard G. Zaharoff
Copyright law can be confusing, but this guide will help you understandand protectyour rights.

WRITE BETTER
Flash Fiction
By Gina Ochsner
Call it flash fiction, call it a short-short story, but writing powerful prose within a really tight word count is worth the effort. Here's why.

Squelch Your Inner Censor
By Jacquelyn B. Fletcher
Try these unique ideas for getting that negative voice in your head to shut up already, and just let you write.

Fiction Essentials
By Nancy Kress
Follow this advice about dialogue tags, so you'll know what to say when explaining who said what.

Freelancer's Workshop
By David A. Fryxell
Six tips for setting the perfect scene in your nonfiction.

Writing Clinic
By G. Miki Hayden
The key to selling your article is understanding your market and telling readers something they don't know.

Niches: Teen Fiction
By Liesa Abrams
Here's how to get young readers hooked on your story.

GET PUBLISHED
Questions & Quandaries
By Brian A. Klems
Answers to questions on outlines vs. synopses, whom to query and more.

WORK SMARTER
Your Biggest Writing Questions Answered
By Brian A. Klems
From grammar to style to publishing definitions, some of the most
commonand thorniestwriting questions are answered right here.

STAY INSPIRED
A Blossoming Career
By Chuck Sambuchino
Read all about Nancy Tupper Ling, this year's grand-prize winner of the Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition, and read her entry.
PLUS: A listing of winners in all the contest categories.

The WD Interview: Melissa Bank
Chick-Lit Rebel
By Maria Schneider
The bestselling author of The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing and The Wonder Spot talks about her writing process and the genre she helped create.

This Writer's Life
By Kevin Alexander
To M.F.A. or not to M.F.A.? That's the question facing our columnist.

The Last Word
By Jack Clemens
Ernest Hemingway's clean, terse style is the perfect counterweight to his complex stories.

PLUS:
Editor's Letter
Reader Mail
THE MARKETS

Pitch greeting-card companies with just the right touch and add this market to your résumé.

Breaking In: Real-estate magazines are a hot property for in-the-know freelancers.

5 Questions for: Peter Turner, president and executive editor of Shambhala Publications.

November Markets: 46 listings for book publishers, agents, contests and magazines.