The two most important things a writer needs to do to improve his or her craft are to write a lot, and read a lot. Reading the classics is an important step every writer needs to take as he or she refines their skills. It is important to know what precedes him or her as a writer, who has written what. Writers can learn the basics of style and plot and storyline from the classics, even writers whose style is not at all classical.
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Making Characters Come Alive on the Page
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Making Characters Come Alive on the Page By Susan Malone December, 2000 A truism runs through this business about which...
Syndication: Is It for You?
Syndication: Is It for You? An excerpt from Sussessful Syndication, A Guide For Writers And Cartoonists Reprinted with permission of the author and Allworth Press, © 2000 Michael H. Sedge. By Michael Sedge Sooner or later nearly every writer contemplates...
Finding Your Own “Style”
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Finding Your Own "Style" By Susan Malone November, 2000 We talk a lot in this business about a writer's...
Choosing a Trustworthy Agent
Choosing a Trustworthy Agent Part Three in a Series of Three Special Articles by Deidre Knight The Knight Agency Choosing an agent is an important decision Question: How can I choose a trustworthy agent, particularly since I don't live in a big city...
Jane Cavolina Senior Editor Simon & Schuster, New York, NY Imprint: Pocket Books
My memories of books go way far back–my mother read to us all when we were very small. I was in a book club when I was about three, and read incessantly. In fact, my mother has a small Hummel of a little girl reading, called “Bookworm,” that she bought because it reminded her of me. It was always books for me.
So You Want To Be A Celebrity?
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR So You Want To Be A Celebrity? By Susan Malone September, 2000 Many, many folks enter the publishing industry with fame and...
Dealing With The Dreaded Synopsis
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Dealing With The Dreaded By Susan Malone August, 2000 Synopsis What most writers hate about our business, almost...
Good Writing Is Still Good Writing
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Good Writing Is Still Good Writing By Susan Malone July, 2000 We've been talking of late a lot about how the blast...
Book Packaging: A World to Explore
Book Packaging: A World to Explore By Jessica Faust and Jacky Sach co-founders of BookEnds, LLC—a New Jersey-based book packager and editorial service formerly with Berkley Publishing and Penguin Book packagers "are a cross between an agent and...
