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Title: Lots of fluff...very little substance.
Review: If you're a beginning writer, you could do worse than subscribe to WD. But a year's worth of the magazine is about all the use you'll get out of it. After that, the articles start to sound about the same, and if you become a serious writer, you'll soon want something meatier. Here's why:This magazine (and its publishers) don't seem too terribly serious about the craft of writing. What they ARE serious about is making money off of the mass of people who dream of being writers. WD and F&W; publications (excluding Writer's Market, which is actually a valuable tool) is all about giving hope (not a better chance) to everyone interested in writing a book, despite the odds being stacked against the chances of most wannabe writers actually achieving sucess. WD's only real value anymore is in the market listings it highlights each month...but you'd be better off subscribing to the online version of Writer's Market for that.
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