Magazine of help to aspiring writers? (Writing Magazine)

Member Name: lellagrace

Product:	Writing Magazine
Date:	07/08/06 (60 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Competitions to enter, success stories.

Disadvantages: Same material, different slant churned out

I have been a reader of Writing Magazine for several years, it is useful to read some of the features and learn about successful writers. However, what really annoys me is to read that so and so has just had a book/story accepted for publication, "their first effor"t, then by reading further we are told so and so is related to another famous writer or has been put in touch with an agent by a mutual friend.

Also, after accumulating a pile of back issues of the magazine I decided to have a sort out and, reading through them, realised that the same features are churned out year after year, with a slightly different slant.

To any aspiring writers I would recommend they perhaps buy a few months' copies of this magazine, but also browse in bookshops for books about the craft of writing. You could also enter some of the competitions in the magazine, although even these often have winners who have already been successfully published elsewhere.

Summary: Worth buying for a few months only.