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adam_text | CONTENTS
PART I—BACKGROUND FOR WRITERS
1
To Be A Writer: What Does It Take?
.......
John Jakes
3
2
Don t Think: Write!
.................
Madeleine L Engle
7
3
Everything You Need to Know About Writing
Successfully
—
in Ten Minutes
.........
Stephen King
11
4
When You Write About People You Know
....................................
Winifred Madison
18
5
The Writer s Compass
..................
William Stafford
21
6
The Maker s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts
...................................
Donald M. Murray
24
7
A Time to Backburner
......
Dorothy Warner Trebilcock
29
8
How
то
Find Time to Write When You Don t Have
Time to Write
...........................
Sue Grafton
32
9
The Writer s Eye
.........................
Randall Silvis
37
10
Should You Keep A Diary?
..........Maryanne
Raphael
40
11
Notes on Carpentry and Craft
........
Joanna Higgins
43
12
Consistent Versus Venturesome Writers
....................................
Joanne
Greenberg
46
PART II—HOW TO WRITE: TECHNIQUES
General Fiction
13
Write the Story You Want to Tell
......
Susan Isaacs
49
14
The Reader As Partner
................
Tony Hillerman
53
15
A Matter of Life or Death
.........
Phyllis A. Whitney
58
16
Twenty Questions
—
and Answers
—
on Fiction
Writing
..............................
Sidney Sheldon
63
17
Emotion in Fiction
.................
Rosamunde Pilcher
69
18
Before the Beginning
.................
Rick DeMarinis
73
19
Characterization
...........................
Rex Burns
79
20
So You Want to Write A Bestseller?
..........................
j.
. ..
Barbara Taylor Bradford
85
21
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
.....
Elizabeth Peters
93
22
Staying With It
....................
Merrill Joan
Gerber 99
23
Effective Transitions
...........
George R. Hemingway
103
24
Developing a Specialty in Fiction
.....
Ellen Hunnicutt
108
25
The Major Role of Minor Characters in Fiction
........................................
Hans
Ostrom 113
26
Choosing and Using Tense in Fiction.
.
.Ann Harleman
118
27
Great Storytelling
.....................
Linda Barlow
124
28
Too Good To Be True: The Flawless Character
........................................ Mary Tannen 130
29
Getting Your Novel Started in Ten DAYS.Genni Gunn
134
30
How Do You Learn to Write?
............
Ruth
Rendeli
139
31
Creating Short Fiction From Character: Five Rules
.........................................
Lucia
Nevai
144
• * »
ui
32
Let Fiction Change Your Life
.
Lynne
Sharon Schwartz
148
33
Writing the Short Story: Three Basic Points
...............................
Maryclare J. Heffernan
154
34
Against Nostalgia
...............
Sumner Locke Elliott
159
Specialized Fiction
35
Grilling Ed McBain
......................
Evan Hunter
164
36
Think of the Reader
....................
Piers Anthony
172
37
Always A Storyteller
.............
Mary Higgins Clark
177
38
The Science Fiction Virus
.................
John
Sládek
181
39
Writing A Successful Suspense Thriller
..................................
Willo
Davis Roberts
187
40
No Gore, Please
—
They re British: An Interview
with P. D. James
.......................
Marilyn Stasio
193
41
Which Viewpoint
—
and Why
................
Max Byrd
198
42
Plot and Character in Suspense Fiction
. ,.
Joan Aiken
203
43
Serial Rites
..............................
Reginald Hill
210
44
Historical Detection, Unlimited
.. .
.Allison Thompson
214
45
How
то
Write the Supernatural Novel of Suspense
....................................
Barbara Michaels
219
46
Some Problems for the Historical Novelist
.......................................
Laurie McBain
225
47
Techniques That Terrify
...........
John Edward Ames
231
48
Writing Realistic Western Fiction
.......
Elmer
Kelton
235
49
Plotting Adventure Fiction
..............
John Keeble
240
50
Free-Form Plotting the Mystery Novel.
Marcia
Muller
246
51
How
то
Put Suspense in Your Story
.
.Heidi Vanderbilt
252
52
Writing Science Fiction
.................
Jack Womack
257
53
Writing the Un-Historical Novel
.......
Gary Jennings
262
54
Writing the Romantic Novel You d Like to Read
..................................
Margaret Chittenden
268
55
The First Person at the Scene of the Crime
....................................
William G. Tapply
273
56
Horror Fiction: Exploring the Dark Side
.....................................
William F. Nolan
278
57
The Birth of a Series Character
..
.George C. Chesbro
283
Nonfiction: Articles and Books
58
Three Surefire Ways to Write and Sell Nonfiction
.................................
Samm Sinclair Baker
289
59
Writing True-Life Crime
............
William K. Beaver
294
60
Sell Your Hidden Gold With a Query
. ..
Tom Jenkins
299
61
Research Tips to Help You Write
..........
Alden Todd
305
62
Writing About Science
.....................
Don Bane
311
63
Travel Writing, Anyone?
...............
Bob O Sullivan
315
64
Personally Yours
........................
Shirley Lueth
320
65
Having Fun Writing Humor
...............
Gene
Perret 325
66
How
то
Write A How
-То
That Sells
.....
Gail Luttman
330
iv
67
Big As All Outdoors
................Charles
Nicholson
334
68
The Q s and
A s
of Interviewing
..............................
Mary Crescenzo Simons
338
Poetry
69
Finding the Subject for Your Poem
.....
Joyce Peseroff
343
70
The Writer As Starling: Advice to a Young Poet
.........................................
Robert Dana
348
71
What Makes a Poet? What Makes a Poem?
...............................
Phyllis
Hoge
Thompson
354
72
The Poet Within You
.....................
David Kirby
358
73
Building Confidence in Yourself As A Poet
....................................
James Applewhite
363
74
Making a Name in Poetry
...............
X. J. Kennedy
370
75
Writing Short Humorous Verse
..
Rosemarie Williamson
377
76
Poetic Devices
.........................
William Packard
382
77
Form and Experimentation in Poetry
. ..
Liz Rosenberg
388
Juvenile and Young Adult
78
Calling It Quits
..........................
Lois Lowry
391
79
Writing Nonfiction Books for Young People
...................................
James Cross Giblin
395
80
People I Have Known
...............
Katherine Paterson
401
81
Writing the Historical Novel for Young Readers
.......................................
Patricia Beatty
406
82
Think Picture Book
.......................
Eve Bunting
411
83
Creating Suspense in the Young Adult Mystery
..................................
Joan Lowery Nixon
416
84
Fantasy for Young Readers
. .
Shirley Rousseau Murphy
422
85
Double Vision: A Special Tool for Young Adult
Writers
.................................
Cheryl
Zach
426
86
Writing for Young Adults
..........
Norma Fox
Mazer
431
87
Storytelling: The Oldest and Newest Art Jane Yolen
436
88
A Sense of Audience
..................
Jill Paton Walsh
441
Playwriting
89
Roles in Collision: A Play Begins
.......
Jeffrey Sweet
447
90
Ten Golden Rules for Playwrights
...
Marsha Norman
452
91
Guidelines for the Beginning Playwright
.....................................
Louis E. Catron
454
92
The S-N-A-P-P-E-R Test for Playwrights
.....................................
Lavonne Mueller
461
93
Conflict: The Heartbeat of a Play.
. . .
D. R. Andersen
468
PART III—EDITORS, AGENTS, AND BUSINESS
94
The ABC s of Copyright
..............
Elizabeth Preston
477
95
A Good Agent Is Not Hard to Find
—
If You Know
How, When, and Where to Look.
. .Timothy Schaffner 483
96
Writing Successful Proposals for the Romance
Market
................................
Tahti Carter
488
97
A Literary Agent s Perspective
........
Anita
Diamant 493
98
Erasing the Blue-Pencil Blues
.........
David Petersen
498
99
What Every Writer Needs to Know About Literary
Agents
.................................
Ellen
Levine
502
100
Becoming Your Own Editor
.....
Moira
Anderson Allen
509
PART IV—WHERE TO SELL
Introduction
........................................... 513
Article Markets
....................................... 516
General-Interest Publications
............................ 516
Current Events, Politics
................................ 525
Regional and City Publications
.......................... 528
Travel Articles
........................................ 542
Inflight Magazines
..................................... 546
Women s Publications
.................................. 547
Home and Lifestyle Publications
......................... 551
Sports, Outdoors, Recreation
............................ 555
Automotive Magazines
................................. 568
Fitness Magazines
..................................... 569
Consumer/Personal Finance
............................. 571
Professional/Trade Publications
.......................... 572
In-House Magazines
................................... 587
Religious and Denominational
........................... 589
Health
............................................... 597
Education
............................................ 600
Farming and Agriculture
............................... 602
Environment, Conservation, Wildlife, Natural History
....... 604
Media and the Arts
.................................... 605
Hobbies, Crafts, Collecting
.............................. 609
Popular
&
Technical Science; Computers
.................. 614
Animals
.............................................. 618
Parenting, Child Care, and Development
.................. 620
Military
.............................................. 621
Western
.............................................. 621
Historical
............................................ 622
College, Careers
....................................... 622
Alternative Magazines
.................................. 623
Op-Ed Markets
....................................... 624
Adult Magazines
...................................... 626
Fiction Markets
........................................ 627
Detective and Mystery
................................. 634
Science Fiction and Fantasy
............................. 635
Confession and Romance
............................... 637
Poetry Markets
.....,.................................. 638
Poetry Series
.......................................... 640
Greeting Card Markets
................................ 641
vi
College, Literary, and Little Magazines
............... 643
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
.............................. 643
Humor, Fillers, and Short Items
........................ 659
Juvenile, Teenage, and Young Adult Magazines
........ 666
Juvenile Magazines
.................................... 666
Teenage and Young Adult
.............................. 669
The Drama Market
..................................... 672
Regional and University Theaters
........................ 672
Play Publishers
........................................ 683
The Television Market
................................. 684
Television Script Agents
................................ 685
Book Publishers
........................................ 686
University Presses
..................................... 711
Syndicates
............................................. 714
Literary Prize Offers
.................................. 715
Writers Colonies
....................................... 721
Writers Conferences
................................... 723
State Arts Councils
.................................... 730
Organizations for Writers
.............................. 734
American Literary Agents
.............................. 739
Index to Markets
...................................... 743
VII
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