Category: Publishing Publisher: Anne Haw Holt
ISBN-10: 1518758053
Pages: 78
Copyright: Jan 27, 2013
ISBN-13: 9781518758058
Price:FREE! (eBook)
Guide to a final edit and revision of your manuscript to prepare for publication.
A simple and comprehensive guide to revising a manuscript for publication or submission to a publisher. Covers points editors and agents look for in a manuscript with advice on how to prevent rejection.
Includes advice on writing a query and pitch and making a verbal pitch to an agent or publisher.
Excerpt
From Writer to Author begins with an expanded outline reviewing the building blocks of a story, fiction or non-fiction. Following this outline are sections discussing common problem words, punctuation, errors and omissions in story structure, character development and plotting. As an added bonus, the last sections offer some rules on writing a query letter and “pitching” your story to an agent or editor. After all, the ultimate purpose of all this work in polishing your manuscript is to reach your readers. Query and pitch are two of the primary tools you will use to find an agent or publisher.
No matter how hard writers try to produce a “clean” manuscript, most of us discover to our chagrin, that our finished manuscripts reveal at least a few errors. No matter how carefully we revise or how many times we proof read our work it seems impossible to eliminate every mistake, every omission or typographical error. Many writing books will tell you to hire an editor to prepare your manuscript for publication, but editors are expensive and they often have their own ideas about punctuation and syntax. A writer who plans to become a published author must learn to recognize errors and polish a manuscript.
Book very helpful and honest. Anne H. Holt is so true when she states that a writer is responsible for recognizing errors and to make the best novel he or she can.
This book is about Poetry. Many different kinds of fables, short stories about life experiences, laughter, drama, children, humor, love, inspiration and some urban styles of poetry.
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