The Writer 03.2020

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writermag.com • The Writer | 1 FEATURES March 2020 Contents Volu m e 133 Nu m be r 3 20 DEPARTMENTS 10 From the Front Lines Find ...

2 | The Writer • March 2020 FROM THE EDITOR NICKI PORTER Keep writing, Nicki Porter Senior Editor @nickimporter What’s being sai ...

writermag.com • The Writer | 3 The Writer (ISSN 0043-9517) is published monthly by Madavor Media, LLC, 25 Braintree Hill Office ...

4 | The Writer • March 2020 I see you, fellow writer: You’re creative, talented, and ambitious. You take your writing seriously, ...

writermag.com • The Writer | 5 “Write as much as you can!!! Write, write, write until your fingers break!” —Anton Chekhov brain ...

6 | The Writer • March 2020 ASK THE WRITER In my current story, my grammar check keeps adding “and” before some of my sentences ...

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8 | The Writer • March 2020 BOOKISH Two new craft books to read this month, plus a look at brand-new writing titles forthcoming ...

APPLY BY MAY 15 TO START IN JUNE. Learn more at http://www.wilkes.edu/creativewriting WRITE WHERE YOU LIVE Earn your graduate cr ...

10 | The Writer • March 2020 FROM THE FRONT LINES BY YI SHUN LAI I ’ve been signing up for races of all sorts for a really, real ...

writermag.com • The Writer | 11 things are happening too fast for you to track – or they’re happening so fast you can’t tell why ...

12 | The Writer • March 2020 FREELANCE SUCCESS BY PETE CROATTO O ur daughter is 3 years old. Finally, I feel like I can write so ...

writermag.com • The Writer | 13 want. I had to abandon the entitlement that my worktime was sacrosanct, and not to curse the god ...

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writermag.com • The Writer | 17 post reviews on Amazon, tell their friends, and host events. Obtain blurbs, quotes, and reviews ...

18 | The Writer • March 2020 or conducting good, old-fashioned Google research. Reach out to individual journalists or editors w ...