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May 17, 2008

What's New at WD Books

Attend the 2008 BEA/WDB Writers Conference
Register for Writer's Digest Book's daylong writing conference, presented in partnership with BookExpo America (the largest trade show in book publishing!), on May 28 in Los Angeles.
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Register for the BEA/WDB conference in May 2008 (Los Angeles)
Excerpt: Finding Strong Ideas for Teen Fiction (YA Novel)
Writer's Digest Event Calendar
Excerpt: What Your POV Choice Communicates About Your Story (Power of POV)
Excerpt: Open Your Action Scenes With Gusto (Make a Scene)

Featured Book

Howdunit: Forensics
by D.P. Lyle

Get your crime or mystery story straight with this insider's guide to forensic investigations. 

WDB Author Profile

Lisa Lenard-Cook, author of Mind of Your Story, says that memorable fiction doesn’t arrive by magic, but if you work at writing—and rewriting—you can learn to make what’s on the page match the picture in your head. Read more.

Events


Writer's Digest author Rob Tobin (The Screenwriting Formula) is hosting a screenwriting workshop on June 7-8 in beautiful downtown Huntington Beach. You'll create a detailed synopsis of a brand-new screenplay and leave the workshop with not only a complete set of screenwriting skills, but also with a detailed blueprint of a structurally bulletproof screenplay.
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Book Giveaway

To celebrate the Writer's Digest Books Writers Conference we're giving away $250 worth of books, plus a 1-year subscription to WritersMarket.com. 

Find out how you can win here.  

WD Books Blogs

Alice's Children's/YA Blog
Get insider perspective on children's and young adult publishing from the editor of Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market.

Poetic Asides
A poetry blog by the editor of Writer's Market, Robert Brewer.

Guide to Literary Agents Blog
Get up-to-the-minute information on the world of agents from editor Chuck Sambuchino.

Living with the M-Word
A blog about marketing your writing without selling out your creativity from marketing manager by day/writer by night, Scott Francis.

There Are No Rules
A insider's perspective on the publishing industry, from the editorial director of Writer's Digest Books.

A Dose of Dialogue

Use this fun dialogue prompt to break through writer's block. The plot is entirely up to you.

One-Word Story Shake-Up: Change a "no" to a "yes" and watch what happens.

Writing Tip of the Day

Beware: Run-On Sentences!Source: Elements of Effective Writing II: Form and Composition Workshop

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