Get the new-look Writing Magazine in print and digital editions

The August issue is on sale today!
Packed with writing advice and creative inspiration, it includes everything you need to help you succeed as a writer. This month, we look at:
• How to create the best first impression on an editor - because one chance is often all you get.
• The rules of clear and effective dialogue.
• How to design the perfect book cover.
• Ten ways to reignite your writing spark.
• Blog better: How to launch and run your writer's blog.
• Learn short story writing techniques from the masters of the form.
• Our star interviewee, Annie Barrows, talks about why it took her six years after the publicaiton of blockbuster The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society to assemble the stories in her debut novel for adults, The Truth According to Us.
You can buy the latest Writing Magazine in print in shops from today, or download it onto your tablet or device now. And don't forget, if you've got an iPad, there's a fully interactive version!