Writer's Digest - Writer's Digest March 2005

Writer's Digest March 2005

Item No. #WD0305

WRITE BETTER
Your Grand Finale
By Sandra Dark
Everything's riding on the end of your novel, so make sure you give it as much (if not more) thought as the all-important opening paragraph. Here's how to do it right.

Fiction Essentials
By Nancy Kress
Expose your characters' complexities by revealing their personal thoughts.

Freelancer's Workshop
By David A. Fryxell
A source's exact words don't always say everything that needs to be said.

Writing Clinic
By Bonnie Hearn Hill
Don't waste an evocative opening—description and detail should carry through to the end.

Niches: Romance
By Michele R. Bardsley
Create a modern-day romance heroine by letting the goddesses be your guide. PLUS: Books and Web sites for more information on how to find your character's inner goddess.

GET PUBLISHED
20 Career-killing Mistakes
By Robin M. Hampton
Avoid these hard-to-recover-from errors as you work to make a living as a writer, fiction or non.

The Temporary Expert
By Linda J. Gilden
Meet three writers who took on the challenge of becoming an "expert" in something they previously had no experience in. The results: A whole new skill set that ramped up their writing careers.

WORK SMARTER
"Best Blurbs Ever!"
By Mark Mathis
A no-nonsense primer on tracking down the perfect praise.

Extra Credit
By Loriann Hoff Oberlin
Supplement your writing career and help others launch their careers by teaching on the side.

Star Bait
By William McCranor Henderson
This innovative approach to scriptwriting will help you write a screenplay that attracts A-list talent.

Questions & Quandaries
By Brian A. Klems
"That" vs. "which," defining the ISBN and more.

STAY INSPIRED
The WD Interview: John Searles
Sophomore Splash
By Christine Mersch
On the heels of his second novel, this Cosmo editor talks about the challenges he faced in writing his follow-up effort.

The Last Word
By Jack Clemens
In his brief life, John Kennedy Toole created one of fiction's most memorable comic voices.

PLUS …
Editor's Letter

Reader Mail

THE MARKETS
Keep your freelance copywriting career afloat by nurturing important relationships.

Breaking In:
Tap the lucrative freelance opportunities of association magazines.

5 Questions for:
Linda Swanson-Davies, editor and co-founder of Glimmer Train literary journal.

March Markets
30 listings for book publishers, agents, and consumer and trade magazines.