Writers Tricks of the Trade January-February 2015

PRESS “CONTROL” THEN CLICK BUY TO PURCHASE THE BOOK FAILING POINT OF VIEW (CONT’D) 9 ARTICLES ON STRUCTURE, PLOT AND CHARACTER The 7 Tools of Dialogue The 5 Essential Story Ingredients The 5 C’s of Writing a Great Thriller Novel Novel Writing: 10 Questions You Need to Ask Your Characters Write Better: 3 Ways To Introduce Your Main Character 3 Things Your Novel’s Narrator Needs to Accomplish The Pros and Cons of Writing a Novel in Present Tense When Flaws Go Too Far: Avoiding Unlikeable Characters 5 Moral Dilemmas That Make Characters (& Stories) Better 5 ARTICLES ON FREELANCE AND COPYWRITING What Magazine Editors Want (& Don’t Want) The Secret To Writing Stronger Feature Articles Copywriting: A Crash Course for Writers Looking to Break In Is a Freelancing Career in Writing Feasible? 8 Strategies to Build Your Freelance Writing Career 6 ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED PUBLISHING QUESTIONS How Long Until You Can Follow Up on Query Letters? Do You Have What Publishers Really Want? How Book Advances Work – A Simple Explanation for Writers What Writing Expenses Are Tax Deductible? What Are the Guidelines for Formatting a Manuscript? WILL PUBLISHERS BUY A 200,000-WORD NOVEL? 2 ARTICLES ABOUT GRAMMAR “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” ― Ernest Hemingway  RIP Maya Angelou “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Ma XB

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