The FictionMags Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 12062

Writer’s Digest:

Successful Writing original incarnation of Writer’s Digest.

Successful Writing [v1 #1, December 1920] ed. J. J. Hoffmann (Atlas Publishing Company, 25¢) [] Issue not indexed.

Writer’s Digest Title changed from Successful Writing.

Writer’s Digest [v1 #4, March 1921] (20¢) [] Details supplied by John Locke. 3 · Why I Rejected Ten Thousand Manuscripts · W. Adolphe Roberts · ar · Adventures of a Showman in Magazineland · Thomas Thursday · ar

Writer’s Digest [July 1929] [] Issue partially indexed. · An Analysis of Black Mask · August Lenniger · ar; examines the July 1929 issue, story by story.

Writer’s Digest [February 1930] [] Issue partially indexed. · How to Write “Science” Stories · Hugo Gernsback · ar

Writer’s Digest [February 1931] [] Issue partially indexed. · Write ’Em, Cowboy! · Herbert Corwin · ar [Ref. William MacLeod Raine]

Writer’s Digest [v11 #4, March 1931] ed. Richard K. Abbott (Writer’s Digest, 20¢, 64pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by John Locke. 13 · Adventure’s Editorial Demands · August Lenniger · ar 17 · The Perfect Triangle: Editors, Writers and Readers · Virginia Watson · ar; re Harper’s. 20 · Reading for Writing’s Sake · Ray Hamilton · ar 22 · The Truth About Writing for the Talkies · Stephens Miranda · ar 29 · Fireside Fiction · Lurton Blassingame · ar; “A Study of the Lesser Women’s Magazines”. 33 · Debunking Genius · Thomas H. Uzzell · ar 37 · Getting the Business Paper’s Checks · Prentice Winchell · ar 41 · Adventures in Editing [Part 1 of 3] · Minnie Hoover Linton · ar 43 · Selling the Song Lyric · Edwin T. Grandy · ar

Writer’s Digest [August 1931] [] Issue partially indexed. · The Pyscho-Mystic, Horror and Weird Story Field · Joseph Lichtblau · ar

Writer’s Digest [October 1931] [] Issue partially indexed. · Writers A-Wing · Arch Whitehouse · ar

Writer’s Digest [December 1931] [] Issue partially indexed. · New Horizons for Mystery · August Lenniger · ar

Writer’s Digest [January 1932] [] Issue partially indexed. · Local Color · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar

Writer’s Digest [May 1932] (20¢, 64pp) [] Details supplied by Rich Harvey from Table of Contents. 2 · Forum · The Readers · lc _2 · [letter] · Lon Murray · lt; from the Street & Smith editor re: The Shadow. _3 · [letter] · John F. Byrne · lt; from the Fiction House, Inc. managing editor re: Discontinued pulps and continuing pulps. _10 · [letter] · The Editor of Detective Fiction Weekly · lt _10 · [letter] · Laurence D’Orsay · lt _49 · [letter] · Harry Steeger · lt 11 · Writing and Selling the Juvenile Story · Lurton Blassingame · ar 18 · The “Popular Mechanics” Field · Douglas Lurton · ar 24 · The Western Story · August Lenniger · ar 26 · Vitalizing Characters · Dr. Richard Burton · ar 30 · National Contest Announcement · Madeline Archer · cl 34 · New York Market Letter · Joseph Lichtblau · lt; capsule descriptions on Irving Donnefeld & Spicy pulps; Short Stories notice; Harry Steeger, Popular Publications, Hollywood Tattler, Dare-devil Aces, Battle Aces; Evelyn Segel, Sweetheart Stories; A. Samalman, editor of Snappy Stories. 37 · Edit to Suit · [uncredited] · cl; criticism of imitative pulp magazines, mentions of Variety, Speakeasy Epics, Speakeasy Stories, criticism of Harold Heresy, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Tarzan of the Apes. 38 · One Hundred and One Questions Writers Ask Editors and the Answers · [uncredited] · ms 40 · The Bakery Magazines · Robert H. Brown · ar 46 · The Writer’s Market · [uncredited] · cl; capsule descriptions on Adventure, Love Story Magazine, Real Love Magazine, Underworld Magazine.

Writer’s Digest [July 1932] [] Issue partially indexed. · Selling Western Stories · Douglas Lurton · ar

Writer’s Digest [May 1933] [] Issue partially indexed. · Selling Detective Stories · Lurton Blassingame · ar

Writer’s Digest [May 1934] [] Issue partially indexed. · Writing for the Pulps · Joseph T. Shaw · ar

Writer’s Digest [October 1934] [] Issue partially indexed. · Writing for Ten Detective Aces · August Lenniger · ar

Writer’s Digest [March 1935] [] Issue partially indexed. · A Million Words a Month · Leo Margulies · iv [Ref. Mort Weisinger]

Writer’s Digest [v15 #5, April 1935] ed. Richard K. Abbott (Writer’s Digest Publishing Co., 20¢, 64pp+, digest) [] Details supplied by John Locke. 4 · [letter] · Fanny Ellsworth · lt 11 · [letter] · Erle Stanley Gardner · lt 13 · Advice to Novelists · Pearl S. Buck · ar 19 · Poor Proud Guys · Jack Byrne · ar 23 · New York Markets · Harriet A. Bradfield · cl 27 · A Young Man Breaks In · Jean Francis Webb · ar 30 · A Beginner Writes · Russell Tatum · ar 32 · A Fiction Trick Explained · Narleen Thornes · ar 34 · Adventures in Collaboration · Newman Levy · ar 38 · …More Than Norman Blood · Fleming Healy · ar 53 · The Book Publishers · August Lenniger · cl

Writer’s Digest [May 1935] [] Issue partially indexed. · Mellow Drama · Richard Sale · ss

Writer’s Digest [September 1935] [] Issue partially indexed. · Between the Devil and a Dime Per Word · Eustace L. Adams · ar

Writer’s Digest [June 1936] [] Issue partially indexed. · Headaches and Trade Tricks of a Detective-Story Writer · James H. S. Moynahan · ar

Writer’s Digest [August 1936] [] Issue partially indexed. · Something Different · H. Bedford-Jones · ar

Writer’s Digest [January 1937] [] Issue partially indexed. · The Detective Fiction Market · Lurton Blassingame · ar

Writer’s Digest [March 1937] [] Issue partially indexed. · How I Sell a Story a Week · Frank Gruber · ar

Writer’s Digest [May 1937] [] Issue partially indexed. · Letter from an Author Who Publishes His Own Books · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ar

Writer’s Digest [June 1937] [] Issue partially indexed. · Quantity Production · Arthur J. Burks · ar

Writer’s Digest [March 1938] [] Issue partially indexed. · Selling the Fantasy Story · Henry Kuttner · ar

Writer’s Digest [July 1938] [] Issue partially indexed. · The Western Story · Frank Gruber · ar

Writer’s Digest [August 1938] [] Issue partially indexed. · Within Quotes · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar

Writer’s Digest [December 1938] [] Issue partially indexed. · The Little Giant of the Pulps · Earl Wilson · iv [Ref. Leo Margulies]

Writer’s Digest [June 1939] [] Issue partially indexed. · Dialogue · Joseph T. Shaw · ar

Writer’s Digest [August 1939] [] Issue partially indexed. · They Wanted “Horror” · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar · Two Cents a Word for All You Can Write! · Ralph Daigh · ar · Writer’s Market · [uncredited] · ms

Writer’s Digest [June 1940] [] Issue partially indexed. · Could a Pulp Sell for Five Cents? · James W. Egan · ar

Writer’s Digest [August 1940] [] Issue partially indexed. · Kill Them the Hard Way · Wyatt Blassingame · ar

Writer’s Digest [November 1940] (Automobile Digest Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp) [] Details supplied by Rich Harvey from Table of Contents. 1 · Forum · The Readers · lc _1 · [letter] · Harry Steeger · lt _4 · [letter] · Richard Sale · lt _4 · [letter] · Ray Palmer · lt _9 · [letter] · John L. Nanovic · lt 13 · The First 1,000 Words · Nelson S. Bond · ar 18 · Author Builds House · Edward S. Fox · ar 24 · The University Presses · Sovoie Lottinville · cl 26 · New York Market Letter · Harriet A. Bradfield · cl 30 · Did You Know? · [uncredited] · cl 32 · Blue Prints for Articles · Lou Myrtis Vining · ar 35 · O Time, O River (Pst!) · Robert Lowry · ar 38 · Farewell to Bang! Bang! · J.-J. des Ormeaux · ar 44 · Humor Markets · Don Ulsh · cl 51 · Idea a Day · Frank A. Dickson · cl 56 · The Writer’s Market · [uncredited] · cl; capsule descriptions on Real Sports, Sports Action, Thrilling Football, Thrilling Sports, Amazing Stories, Astonishing Stories, Astounding Stories, Big Chief Western, Love Story Magazine, Marvel, The Occult Digest, Popular Love, Red Star Mystery, Sea Novel Magazine, Short Stories, Super Science Stories, Sweetheart Stories, Thrilling Love, Thrilling Ranch, Unknown, Western Action, others.

Writer’s Digest [January 1941] [] Issue partially indexed. · Improving the Detective Novel · Frank Gruber · ar

Writer’s Digest [March 1941] [] Issue partially indexed. · A Million Words a Year for Ten Straight Years · Walter B. Gibson · ar