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“I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces.” ~ Harold Ross (founder of The New Yorker )...
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This week at The Writer offices, two staff members are managing to get their work done and maintain a deceptively civil exterior while harboring extreme, and not altogether, peaceful feelings toward a particular group of Chicagoans. The two staffers would...
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10. Forget to use the subject line of your e-mail to label your query or submission as such, and omit a catchy title. In other words, avoid subject lines such as “Query: 5 ways to please an editor” or “Submission: Ode to my editor.”...
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If you’re a writer trying to stay on top of the burgeoning (and bewildering) world of social media and understand its potential uses, you might want to take a look at t his stimulating article by Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of the British newspaper...
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Long before I was an editor, I worked in bookstores—first for many years at Webster’s Books, an independent on Milwaukee’s East Side, and then, years later, for a short run at Europa Books, also in Milwaukee. I grew up in a book-loving...
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This short video made the rounds of our offices today. It's a fun way of presenting the poem "Speak with Conviction in Typography" by Taylor Mali. Enjoy!
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There are very few freelance writers who have not perused a copy of On Writing Well , the classic guide to nonfiction writing by William Zinsser. For many, Zinsser’s book is essential reading, along with such titles as The Elements of Style by William...
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