From Holly (Issue 1)

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 Issue 1

From Holly

By Holly Lisle

 

 

 Copyright 2001, Holly Lisle

  

  

Welcome to the first issue of Vision.  I'm delighted to present this e-zine, which is a joint project conceived, created and produced by the writers of the HollyLisle.com Forward Motion Writers' Community.  In this issue and the issues that follow, you'll find targeted information on how to write successfully within various genres, general writing information and exercises targeted to all writers, a writing workshop that lets you try out professional techniques on one writing task, first-person experiences, book reviews and recommendations, and because this is an e-zine, live links to a multitude of wonderful writing resources.  Every two months we'll have something new for you. 

This e-zine, like everything on HollyLisle.com, is free -- part of the following philosophy: You can never pay back.  You can only pay forward.  Two professional writers helped me when I was learning my craft -- Stephen Leigh, who taught me the basics of writing professionally, and Mercedes Lackey, who taught me the basics of being a professional writer.  The mistakes I've made in spite of their help have been my own.  I can't repay them for the help they gave me, but I can pay forward, by offering my assistance and experiences to new writers.  The other writers whose work you find in here are also paying forward -- offering what they have learned so far.

 

Take what you need from this magazine.  It is designed to help you meet any or all of the following three goals, depending upon what you want: 

 

  • to improve your writing to professional quality
  • to achieve publication
  • to develop a professional writing career

If you reach your goals with any help from this e-zine, our community, or me, I ask only that you find a way to pass on what you have learned to writers climbing the mountain behind you.  Pay forward.