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Writing Magazine
Welcome.
In any magazine office, flick your pen and you will
REGULARS
THE WORLD OF WRITING
Providing the ingredients, having a go, sticking at it and tasting the rewards…every step of the recipe for a writer, cooked up by Derek Hudson
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
We want to hear your news and views on the writing world, your advice for fellow writers – and don’t forget to tell us what you would like to see featured in a future issue…
Site plans
Follow tech trainer Greta Powell’s advice to set up your author website
Coping with change
Change is a constant in publishing and you need to manage it, says Patrick Forsyth
INTRODUCTIONS
Writing Magazine presents a selection of angling publishers currently accepting contributions. We strongly recommend that you familiarise yourself with their guidelines before submitting and check websites, where given, for submission details.
Novel Ideas Oldies but goodies
It might be the right time for your old work to have a new life, says Lynne Hackles
The wrong turning
Patrick Forsyth is in favour of not knowing where you’re going
ASK THE EXPERTS
PROTECTING WRITERS’ RIGHTS WITH THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS
Permissions: The Society of Authors chief executive Nicola Solomon explains the protocols of borrowing from other writers’ work
On Writing
Tony Rossiter explores great words from great writers
From the OTHE SIDE R OF THE DESK
Literary agent Piers Blofeld wonders what the future holds for high street book chain Waterstones
ASK A LITERARY CONSULTANT
What’s the best way forward for a previously published novel that’s been heavily revised? Cornerstones managing editor Julie Gourinchas advises
Helpline
Your writing problems solved with advice from Diana Cambridge
Fake news
Get savvy about spotting online misinformation with help from Tarja Moles
WRITING LIFE
The future’s indie
Small can be beautiful when it comes to book presses, says Clare Stevens in her guide to independent publishing
Bits & pieces
Freelance Diana Bocco urges you to diversify to make a living as a writer
HOOKED ON WRITING
Writing needs to be something you absolutely have to do, says Adrian Magson
A bitter blow
Being dropped by your publisher is harsh, but it’s not the end of the world, says Jane Wenham Jones
COLL ABORATIVE MARKETING
Two’s company, three’s a crowd… but six can be a good marketing strategy, says Simon Whaley
THE JOY OF BEING turned down
Lorraine Mace describes why a story getting rejected put a massive smile on her face
INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN PEN
With an enviable hit rate wherever he sets his sights, Anthony Horowitz can write no wrong. Tina Jackson learns how he keeps up the excitement
JO ZEBEDEE
The sci-fiand fantasy author tells Dolores Gordon-Smith how she landed not one, but two publishers
The style & technique of PENELOPE FITZGERALD
Tony Rossiter examines a novelist who wrote with a delicate touch about the most serious things
Shelf life: CHARLES CUMMING
Sneak a peek at the bookshelf of spy author Charles Cumming, with Judith Spelman
SUBSCRIBER SPOTLIGHT
Share your writing success stories. If you subscribe to Writing Magazine and would like to feature here, email Tina Jackson, tjackson@warnersgroup.co.uk
CIRCLES’ ROUNDUP
If your writing group would like to feature here, whether you need new members, have an event to publicise or to suggest tips for other groups, email Tina Jackson, tjackson@warnersgroup.co.uk
GILLY MACMILLAN
The bestselling author tells Chris High why she brought back DI Jim Clemo in her third novel
ELAINE PROCTOR
The film-maker and author tells Margaret James about
PP WONG
The Life of a Banana author tells Lynne Hackles how she tries to carve out time to immerse herself in her work
COMPETITIONS AND EXERCISES
FREE RANGE writing through the year
With the International Day of Friendship on the horizon, be inspired by friendship in these creative writing exercises from Jenny Alexander
Red Editing Pen
Each month, we give you a few sentences which would all benefit from some careful use of your red editing pen. As writers, and regular readers of Writing Magazine, you should not find any of these too difficult. But if you would welcome a little help, you can always check out Richard Bell’s suggested solutions below.
WIN! £500
A burgeoning genre, creative non-fiction uses all the
The Bus Stop
Sallie Anderson lives in Gloucestershire. She can be
ENDS AWAY
Write the end of your story first to generate new creative possibilities in this writing group exercise from Julie Phillips
Writing – A Job with All Sorts of Opportunities for All Kinds of People
Writing – A Job with All Sorts of Opportunities for
POETRY
A fine crop
A vintage yield is topped by a harvest poem in WM’s open competition, says judge Alison Chisholm
Who were you?
Alison Chisholm explores a poem setting out a question that can never be answered
Poetry in practice
Unsure whether to use free verse or blank verse? Doris Corti offers guidelines
Poetry from A to Z
Poet Alison Chisholm guides you through the language of poetry
Away from your desk
Author Jeremy Gavron leads a one-day workshop about
CREATIVE WRITING
Under the Microscope
James McCreet looks at the beginning of a novel about the relationship between technology and communication
How not to be a BAD WRITER
Margaret James tackles the thorny problem of defining what makes writing bad
II wish I’d known…
‘Since starting my writing career in 2012, I feel I
Keep it real
Helen M Walters looks at using documents to give your fiction the illusion of being factual
Story jigsaw Part 3
In the final part of her series on assembling the essential components of a children’s story, Amy Sparkes looks at writing technique
The art of the anthology
Alex Davis looks at how an editor puts together an anthology, and how this affects writers
WRITER’S NEWS
WRITER’S NEWS
Your essential monthly round-up of competitions, paying markets, opportunities to get into print and publishing industry news.
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