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Emanuel
Veteran Poster
Username: Emanuel
Post Number: 665
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 07:54 pm: | 
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A few months ago, I decided not to renew my subscription to "The Writer" magazine. Today I received my last issue. After two years of reading the mag, I found that I learned a lot and my writing has grown leaps and bounds because of it but it was starting to become a bit monotonous. Plus there is only so much new information the brain can retain (especially when you're headed down the wrong side of 40 like me). Not to mention the price increased over 20% annually. My next step is to find and graduate from a good MFA program (either a local one or a low-residency one out of state) to help me in my quest to live 100% from writing and/or teaching it.
"The Writer" is an excellent resource for those of you looking to improve your writing skills and find markets to sell your work. You can buy a yearly subscription at a discount here:
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Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 7508
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 07, 2008 - 10:50 am: |
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It's a stage, it seems.
I remember when I got every issue of Writer's Digest. When I started walking past them on a newstand or in the library without picking it up at first I felt funny--was I getting lazy? Not curious? Not interested in working on my skillz.
After a while in such magazines you begin to see stuff you already know. After a while you got more plots than you can possibly write, and don't need "10 tricks on picking a nifty title" or anything like that.
After a while you have someplace to go and are learning the particular rules and culture of that genre or this corner of the literary world.
Yet, still I browze he magazine. Sometimes they have good market tips or feature new innovations in the print game. Sometimes it does good to run over "Fifteen tricks for overcoming writer's block" if only to realize when you might have it. |
Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 13027
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 07, 2008 - 01:11 pm: |
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This magazine sounds like it is in the same vein as "Writer's Digest" or, by chance, are these 2 publications one-and-the-same?
I agree that these magazines at some point become repetitive and redundant and after about 2 years, if you've read one issue, you've read em all. |
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