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This month on writermag.com
Ways to level up • Ready to take your writing to the next level? Here’s how.
Finding your stride • The secret to good writing that never confuses, bores, or leads the reader astray? It’s all in the timing.
Writing with kids, part III • It’s all about submitting to the chaos. Here’s why you should do that to save your sanity.
Game PLAN • 20 steps to promote your book (or brand) in 2020.
Get your BOOK in front of a CROWD • How authors can use speaking and teaching engagements to promote their work.
Blogging in 2020: Waste of time or a writer’s best friend? • Thinking of starting a blog? Here are 5 reasons you shouldn’t…and 3 reasons you should.
HOW TO CURE A CASE OF WRITER’S BLOCK • Feeling stuck in your manuscript, craft, or career? Here are 15 of the most common problems that can stall a writer’s progress – plus key strategies for overcoming each one.
The First Line • A mandatory first line inspires a wealth of creativity at this 20-year-old magazine.
Writers’ Police Academy MurderCon • Get hands-on experience in forensics and law enforcement at this immersive four-day event in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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The Writer extra YOU CAN’T FIND THIS IN PRINT. • From The Illness Lesson by Clare Beams.