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Imserba Webstore - Writer's Digest (1-year)
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List Price: $59.88
Our Price: $19.96
Your Save: $ 39.92 ( 67% )
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
Manufacturer: F&W Publications
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Binding: Magazine
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10
Format: Magazine Subscription
Issues Per Year: 8
Label: F&W Publications
Magazine Type: Consumer magazine
Manufacturer: F&W Publications
Number Of Issues: 8
Publisher: F&W Publications
Studio: F&W Publications
Subscription Length: 365
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WRITER'S DIGEST is the #1 magazine for writers looking to improve their skills and get published. Our features and columns offer specific advice on writing and selling fiction and nonfiction books, stories, plays, magazine and newspaper articles, scripts and more. We provide information that helps writers succeed as they pursue their passion, through hands-on techniques from top authors, insider tips on working with agents and editors, listings of hot markets for their work, and news about the writing world. Advice from industry experts and inspiring stories from successful writers living the dream round out the package, month after month.
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Summary: Good magazine, but...
Comment: Like most magazines, Writer's Digest is hit and miss, depending on where you are as a writer and what kind of writing you do. Some articles speak to you, while others will appeal to writers in very different situations from your own. But even still, it's useful to get a glimpse into the other areas of the business of writing that I'm not quite ready for.
This magazine is geared toward writers in general, but skews toward adult writers. As a writer of Young Adult and Middle Grade books, there's still plenty for me in this magazine because for the most part, writing is writing. But a little more focus on the one area of publishing that hasn't faltered in this tough economy (i.e. children's books) would be nice.
My only complaint is one I've had with other magazines: When my subscription starts, please don't send me this month's and last month's issues at the same time!!! I'm sure this saves the magazine money since they can unload the unsold issues from last month and count it toward my 8 issues, but part of the fun of getting a magazine delivered to your house is that you get to look forward to a new one every month for a year (although with WD, it's only 8 issues in 12 months, so not even every month with this one). Even worse, I had both the September and October issues arrive on the same day! So I guess I'll only get 11 months worth of service, even though their sending me a years worth of issues. And for that, I'm withholding a star.
UPDATE: 3 Days later I received the November/December issue!!! So my first three issues (two of which are obviously the back issues they're trying to unload) arrived in less than a week and almost half of my 8-issue subscription is spent. That's just ridiculous. If it would let me change my rating, I'd take it down to 3 stars, but apparently I'm locked in at 4.
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Summary: Just started my subscription again, and I'm glad
Comment: I just started to subscribe to Writer's Digest again after a few years of letting my subscription lapse. I'm glad I did. Although there are a lot of advertisements and some of the ads are for some pretty bad vanity presses, I understand that magazines need ad revenue to stay in business. I get it.
The magazine is really targeted towards traditional publishing, but even self-published authors (like me) can learn something here. And some of the interviews are really great, even if just to gape at how some lucky authors get to live.
The first issue I received was the August 2009 issue, and it had a pretty good "Publishing Survival Guide" in it. The interview was with Anne Tyler, and that alone was worth the price of the magazine. There's also a good interview with Rick Steves (I'm a huge fan). Interestingly, though, they decided to put Anne Tyler on the cover instead of Rick Steves. I thought that Rick would have been a better cover than Anne Tyler from a marketing standpoint.
Anyway, the ads are a bother but the magazine is still worth it.
Recommended.
Christy Pinheiro, Author of *The Step-By-Step Guide to Self-Publishing for Profit*
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Summary: Excellent resource for writers - especially when starting writing career.
Comment: I recommend Writer's Digest most highly! It has been a major help for me in pointing out grammar and style issues and illustrating the way to correct these problems. Writer's Digest is also an invaluable resource in finding businessses and services for writers. Because of this, I am now on my way to being published for the very first time.
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Summary: magazine
Comment: This came in the promised time period. However I had ordered it as a gift subscription. It was being delivered to me not the intended. Can when ordering gift subscriptions, a way that the magazine will get sent to the right address from the start. Can that part of the ordering process be made simpler & clearer? This happened on two magazines. The isusse is now corrected, but it took a couple issues to change.
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Summary: Learn the Tools of the Writing Trade
Comment: Writer's Digest is a magazine designed for writers and it attempts to cover many different aspects of writing in its columns and featured articles. Most every issue offers at least one interview with a famous or semi- famous author. This spotlighted author could be the author of a book, a screen writer, or some other type of author. These interviews offer some good insight into writing success and the necessary skills and sacrifices to succeed at your chosen craft.
Aside from the interviews, Writer's Digest is basically a magazine of tips and advice. One issue might talk about ways to break into the business of movie reviewing for newspapers. Another might talk about ways to make your writing more concise and less wordy. Still another article might discuss ways to overcome writer's block. The main goal of Writer's Digest is to help the reader become a better writer and, hopefully, gain an offer for a publication at some point in the future.
One thing that is a little different with Writer's Digest is that it doesn't contain the long list of standard monthly departments like you find in other magazines. With Writer's Digest, the departments are de-emphasized and there are only a few of them in each issue. The rest of Writer's Digest is dedicated to columns and featured articles. This format is unique and it makes Writer's Digest a good choice for those who like change and prefer to read something different in each issue.
Writer's Digest does contain a pretty good number of advertisements, but the ads are usually for writing conferences, writing software, writing contests, or ads that encourage a visit to the magazine's own web site. Because the ads stay so focused on the subject of writing, they don't seem all that bad and they are not distracting. I know some Writer's Digest readers who actually look forward to the ads so that they can find information on the latest contests. And speaking of the magazine's web site, it seems to be an important component of the magazine because it is referenced on many pages throughout each issue.
Writer's Digest is a pretty good magazine for writer and I like it for its advice and classified ads more than anything. The success stories can sometimes get a bit carried away and they make it look a little too easy to land a huge writing contract. It would also be nice if Writer's Digest was published monthly rather than semi- monthly. But Writer's Digest is still a good magazine for writers everywhere, with plenty of good advice and tips to help you become the writer you always knew you could be.
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