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ONLINE EXTRA: Writing exercises about touch and taste
JANET BURROWAY AND ELIZABETH STUCKEY-FRENCH
ONLINE EXTRA for December 2009
ONLINE EXTRA: More Q&A with Janet Burroway
ELFRIEDA ABBE
ONLINE EXTRA: More ways to find new words
MARK PETERS
ONLINE EXTRA: Philip Martin's recommended reading on "the power of place"
PHILIP MARTIN
ONLINE EXTRA for November 2009
ONLINE EXTRA: A query letter example for pitching real-life stories
KELLY JAMES-ENGER
ONLINE EXTRA: More from Andre Dubus III
SARAH ANNE JOHNSON
How to handle an impasse
PAULA BRANCATO
More technology resources for writers
ARTHUR PLOTNIK
YouTube to the rescue
TANYA EGAN GIBSON
Famous 'writer hotels' give you a change of scenery—and inspiration
LAUREN CARTER
More on how to write a successful thriller
GARY BRAVER
Lee Smith on the art and craft of storytelling
ONLINE EXTRA ELFRIEDA ABBE
More on Poet to Poet: Pantoums
MARILYN TAYLOR
More on "The little essay that could"
ONLINE EXTRA KAYLEEN REUSSER
Before and after: Letting the characters speak
SAM MCCARVER
More from novelist Zachary Lazar
SARAH ANNE JOHNSON
2008 Short-Story Contest winner: "Working the Crossword"
W.E. MUELLER
2008 Short-Story Contest: 2nd place winner "Within Reason"
SHELLEY ARNFIELD, PORT ALBERNI, BRITISH COLUMBIA
2008 Short-Story Contest: 3rd place winner "Love Heist"
MICHELLE MACH, FORT COLLINS, CO
10 tips on how to approach a literary agent:
A veteran of the trade dishes specific advice that can boost your odds of success TERENCE CANTARELLA
More on creating emotional depth in fiction
MARY DEMUTH
The care and feeding of high-functioning critique groups
ERIC WITCHEY
Writing and revising poetry
ONLINE EXTRA JAMES APPLEWHITE
More on nonteaching jobs on campus
ONLINE EXTRA ERIKA DREIFUS
A poem inspired by London's history
ONLINE EXTRA PATRICK HICKS
Advice for freelancers on surviving the revision process
ONLINE EXTRA LISA K. FRIEDMAN
Exploit the power of clichés
ONLINE EXTRA ERIC WITCHEY
Poetry: Four examples of the power of precise word choice
ONLINE EXTRA 
More on Diana Gabaldon
ONLINE EXTRA JESSICA PAGE MORRELL
Need some help? Here's a cheat-sheet for creating sestina poetry
ONLINE EXTRA MARILYN TAYLOR
More on the art of sestina poetry
ONLINE EXTRA 
More from Barry Levinson about writing and directing movies
ONLINE EXTRA PATRICK MCGILLIGAN
More on crafting winning queries
ONLINE EXTRA TERI CETTINA
More on winning novel contests
ONLINE EXTRA BRAD SCHREIBER
More on list poems: an example
ONLINE EXTRA ANDREA POTOS
Recommended list-poem reading
ONLINE EXTRA COMPILED BY MARILYN TAYLOR
1st place winner - 2007 short-story contest
Please, Leave a Message TODD POWELL, DUVALL, WASH.
2nd place winner - 2007 short-story contest
The Sweetgum Tree SHELLY KING, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF.
3rd place winner - 2007 short-story contest
Letters From the Hospice ROBERT GOODWIN, SOUTH WINDSOR, CONN.
More on short-story endings
SHARON OARD WARNER
More from Ann Packer
KATHY POHL
More on Dickens and word choice
THOMAS C. RENZI
More on promotional options
BARBARA DEMARCO-BARRETT
Tips for inspirational writers
CAROLYN CAMPBELL
More from Faith Sullivan
KATHY POHL
More on historical novels
JOHN SMOLENS
Tips on buying publicity services
CAL OREY
More from Ron Carlson
How to read a literary magazine
Before submitting your work to a publication, study it carefully to see if it's the best one for you GREGG ROSENBLUM
How to improve your writing without writing a word
CHANDRA MOIRA BEAL
More on selling reprints
How freelancers can give old topics a new twist
CHELAN DAVID
More on 'Tell, don't show'
BHARTI KIRCHNER
Tips on working with editors
ROBERT BITTNER
The Writer Short Memoir Contest
2nd-place winner TERRY HERTZLER
Writing in two worlds: Resources
IRINA REYN
Poetry Spotlight 3
Winner and judges' comments 
Creative Web-spinning: Brainstorm ideas using the Internet
TODDIE DOWNS
More from novelist John Smolens
KATHY POHL
More on dramatic monologues
MARILYN TAYLOR
Just a click away
Online writing labs at universities offer free help with grammar,
style, editing and other issues CLAIRE CHARLTON
How I Write: Lee Goldberg
More from "How to organize a nonfiction feature"
MARK MASSE
Draw readers in with great openings
SAM MCCARVER
More from Mary Yukari Waters
More from "The art of integrating theme and story"
PAOLO CORSO
More from Debbie Macomber
More on convincing characters
COREY BLAKE
More on cultural meaning
BHARTI KIRCHNER
Mother-daughter poetry
Excerpt: The Making of a Writer
GAIL GODWIN
More from Libba Bray
Essay-writing resources
What makes a poem rise above the ordinary?
Award-winning poets weigh in KAY DAY
69-Word Contest Finalists
A poet's revisions
When the poem got bogged down between the second and third stanza some cuts were in order.  RACHEL HADAS
More on "Conflict"
JANE MCBRIDE CHOATE
Right place, right time, right answer
KATRINA KITTLE
More on "Trimming your manuscript"
JOHN K. BORCHARDT
How an interview disaster turned into an article for The Writer
RON KOVACH
Creating a worthy villain
WILLIAM G. TAPPLY
More from Jacquelyn Mitchard
More on "finding the right pitch"
SUSAN BREEN
More on "Pace your novel"
DAN GLEASON
More from Joseph Kanon
Tip on setting and plot
Reconnect with your muse
More from Margaret Drabble
On Writing 
READER FEEDBACK
Diagramming
How interviews enriched The Only Thing to Fear
DAVID POYER
More from Lee Martin
Gift books for writers
BETHANNE PATRICK
Tips from "6 ways to pull readers into your fiction"
WILLIAM G. TAPPLY
Dynamics of desire
ROBERT OLEN BUTLER
How I write: Bret Anthony Johnston
Poetry winners
Study your target market before sending a query
JILL MILLER ZIMON
Resources for children's writers
SARAH ANNE JOHNSON
More from Susan Issacs
Writers' resources
LOIS J. PETERSON
Ambrose G. Bierce: The writer behind "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
DANIEL E. SAMIDE
More from Jeff Shaara
More from Jodi Thomas
JANDA RAKER
Freelance writing
Contest winners
The writing life
Marketing tips
Author interviews and Q&A
Romance primer
CHRISTINA HAMLETT
Passionate prose
JUDITH ROSEN
Paranormal romance
MEG CHITTENDEN
More from Mark Haddon
Secrets of romantic conflict
VANESSA GRANT
Gotcha covered
ROBERT BITTNER
When a reporter's notebook won't do
RONALD KOVACH
Self-publishing success stories
CAL OREY
Romance writing examples
RUSSELL DAVIS
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