Writing4Success Blog » Writers’ Magazine Subscriptions

A couple of days ago, I received the latest edition of one of the writers’ magazines to which I subscribe. It’s still sitting there in its plastic wrapper, and it will probably stay in it for a few months before I throw it out, unread.

Why? Because this particular writers’ mag has themed issues. Every month, another issue comes out… and most of the content is aimed at one particular genre or aspect of writing. The problem with that is that if it is not relevant to my writing life, I feel as though it’s money wasted.

The themes might be writing for children, or indigenous writers, or romance fiction, or mysteries and crime… (these are just examples) yet it’s rare for a writer to have an interest in all of these things.

I prefer a writing magazine that has evergreen articles in each issue (such as advice on dialogue, or creating tension, or developing characters, or structuring a self-help article) that most writers can apply to their fiction or articles.

That’s why I don’t think I’ll be re-subscribing to this particular mag… not when I have to make decisions about how to divide up the money I have to invest in my writing career. There are too many other things that need to be bought (or subscribed to).

Not everyone feels this way, I know… but I have a feeling I’m not the only one who thinks like this…

Marg