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About this Book
A Writer's Digest Book Club
Selection
Admit it. You have
daydreams of seeing your byline over a life-enhancing feature story in one
of those glossy magazines at the checkout stand. You can picture it now:
Sophisticated people lounging at sidewalk cafes, lattes in one hand, your
words in the other. And think of the bragging rights! You’d finally have
something worthwhile to casually mention at your high school reunions. And,
oh man! wouldn’t your mother-in-law simply choke to see your name in Cosmo?
Besides, you’ve always meant to write, but lately
the desire’s become potent, reappearing whenever and wherever you have a
moment free with your thoughts.
But how? Where to start?
Not to worry...author Donna Boetig is going to walk you
through it. From creating ideas to contacting editors to fleshing out your
articles with quotes from the rich and famous—and the not-so rich and
famous—she’ll hold your hand.
Other tips Boetig’s willing to share with her would-be competition
include:
• First off, get an attitude. A writer with an attitude toward her subject
naturally writes with a strong voice.
• In every story you write, strive to pinpoint an image that will help the
story live on in the reader’s mind.
• A writer serious about getting published fills her days with interesting
stuff. She collects experinences that fill her psyche with emotions and
define her thoughts. In turn she uses these emotions and well-shaped
thoughts to develop her stories.
To Boetig, getting published is crucial. “Some writers
claim that publication is not what is’s cracked up to be. The joy is in the
writing they say. Don’t believe them. They’re fibbing.”
Whether it’s in the writing or in the publishing, Boetig’s willing to share the joy with you.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
First Musings 1
The Chase
At the Starting Line 7
Faces of Eve 9
The Very First Time 15
Ideas 23
Even More Ideas 35
Massaging Ideas 39
Love Letters——aka Query Letters 41
Weight Watchers 51
Can We Talk? 55
You Don’’t Say 61
Notes on Quotes 71
The Drama
Life Through the Lens 79
Picture This 83
Gushing 87
Quick Switch 91
The Main Event
Spilling Words onto Paper 97
Yankee Moxie 103
The Little Black Dress 105
Never Listen to an Editor 109
Reader’’s Digest’’s Secret Formula 111
Relationships 115
How Not to Fix a Broken Toaster 117
““I”” is Not a Four-Letter Word 119
Channeling 125
My Unlicensed Shrink 135
The Bye Lines
Fact Checkers 141
To Market 147
Enticing Entitling 153
The Numbers Game 155
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! 161
It Happens 169
Focus 175
Truth 179
Intimacy 183
Save the World 185
About the Author 186
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