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Issue 006 - March 19, 2004

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IN THIS ISSUE

 * SELF-PUBLISHING:
   A New Way to Self-Publish

 * GENERAL:
   Don't Get Burned: Evaluating Scriptwriting Contests
   Editing Secrets
   Hooks, Lines & Sinkers

 * Resources

 * Admin Stuff

A NEW WAY TO SELF-PUBLISH
by Anna Kathryn Bir
Category: Self-Publishing

 More and more good authors are turning to the Internet to
 self publish. There are several reasons for that. All of
 them are probably well known to every writer by now, so
 we'll not go into them here. What we'll talk about here is
 a new way to self publish.

 * To read the rest of this article, go to:
   <http://www.wordpreneur.com/selfpublish/new_way.html>

DON'T GET BURNED: EVALUATING SCRIPTWRITING CONTESTS
by Lenore Wright
Category: General

 Hundreds of writing contests tempt screenwriters with the
 lure of prize money, instant film industry contacts and
 personal feedback from film professionals. But contests can
 be costly, screenwriters should choose intelligently.

 Before you write that check, research and evaluate the
 contests that interest you. Narrow down your choices to the
 best contests for you personally and the best ones for your
 scripts. These guidelines might help:

 * To read the rest of this article, go to:
   <http://www.wordpreneur.com/general/scriptwriting_contests.html>

EDITING SECRETS
by Laura Backes
Category: General

 Once you've plotted out your book, developed the characters
 and written the last word of text, the real work begins. As
 busy editors are bombarded with hundreds or even thousands
 of submissions a year, it's more important than ever that
 authors apply their own editing skills to their manuscripts
 before putting them in the mail. Checking your basic
 grammar and spelling are of course important, but authors
 need to go beyond surface editing if their work has a
 chance of catching an editor's eye.

 * To read the rest of this article, go to:
   <http://www.wordpreneur.com/general/editing_secrets.html>

HOOKS, LINES & SINKERS
by Sue Kendrick
Category: General

 Hands up if the title to this article made you think that
 you'd strayed into a fishing feature?

 Perhaps you didn't quite go that far, but hopefully you
 were puzzled or curious enough to wonder what on earth
 those three angling associated words have to do with
 writing. The answer of course is nothing at all if you are
 thinking of metal barbs, yards of tangled nylon and blobs
 of lead weights.

 Think, however, of the good opening lines used to begin
 most successful short stories, novels and articles then the
 "hook" in our title takes on a whole new range of meanings
 and equates very well with the world of creative writing.

 What most beginners fail to understand when they first
 begin writing, and this applies as much to articles as it
 does to short stories and novels, is that when they submit
 their work to an editor, competition judge or publisher
 there is only a brief moment to impress which is why a lot
 of attention needs to be paid to that first opening
 sentence.

 * To read the rest of this article, go to:
   <http://www.wordpreneur.com/general/hooks.html>

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