Writing Magazine April 2020

CONTENTS

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26 Screenwriting: In the frame
Author, screenwriter and director Andrew David Barker explains how
writers can turn into filmmakers

42 Away from your desk
Get out of your garret and be inspired by these events and activities for writers

66 Talk it over: Lost for words
A recently retired writer has lost her flow adjusting to a big life change

68 The business of writing: You can bank on it
The pros and cons of having a business bank account for your writing

98 Notes from the margin: Male order
A dressing-down for writers who unwittingly fall into gender stereotypes

ASK THE EXPERTS

10 From the other side of the desk: With you in a jiffy
Piers Blofeld wishes publishers would make agents’ lives just a bit easier

14 Ask a literary consultant
Advice for a debut writer planning a visit to the London Book Fair

30 Writer’s voice: Literary legacy
Explaining what the SoA does to keep author’s works alive

70 Research tips: Crime and punishment
Writing a crime novel? Tarja Moles offers the clues and leads you need
to research the criminal underworld and the forces of the law

71 Behind the tape
Expert advice to get the details right in your crime fiction

POETRY

52 Poetry workshop: Time & place
Exploring the way a poem can capture a particular moment in time

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53 Poetry in practice

Plan a new poem round the months of the year

55 Poetry launch: The great Romantic

Points to consider in your entry for our William Wordsworth poetry

competition

56 Poetry winners: Getting festive

The WM poets really captured a sense of seasonal magic in their

Christmas poetry competition entries

COMPETITIONS AND EXERCISES

29 Free range writing: Animal spirit

Four writing exercises to celebrate National Pet Day

33 WIN! Cash prizes and publication

Enter WM’s latest creative writing competitions

34 Short story winners

Read the winning entries in WM’s competition for 500-word stories

44 Writers’ circles: Testing times

Test your characters by placing them in alternative realities in this

writing group exercise

REGULARS

6 Miscellany

The wide world of writing

8 Letters

72 Editorial calendar

81 Going to market

Essential advice for freelances

87 Novel ideas

Bright ideas for fiction writers

91 Travel writing know-how

Tips from our freelance pro

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76 Your essential monthly roundup

of competitions, paying markets,

opportunities to get into print and

publishing industry news

WRITERS’ NEWS

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