How to Write and Sell Your First Novel

Fülszöveg

How to Write & Sell Your First Növel Even the most famous novelist had to start somewhere. Now you can make your start - successfully - with this book. Literary agent Oscar Collier and successful freelance writer Frances Spatz Leighton have teamed up to give you practical, specific advice on how to write your first növel and get it published. Inside you'll find ... SOLID WRITING INSTRUCTION - how to: • choose the kind of növel you want to write • make characters, dialogue, and plot work together to keep your reader (and prospective editor) turning the pages • determine how many characters your story needs • establish a daily writing routine that works for you - and gets your növel finished • revise, edit, and prepare your manuscript for submission EXPERT MARKETING ADVICE - on: • the pros and cons of using an agent - and how to represent yourself if you so choose • contract negotiations • publicity and self-promotion basics ACTUAL CASE HISTORIES - of first növel successes: • valuable... Tovább

Fülszöveg

How to Write & Sell Your First Növel Even the most famous novelist had to start somewhere. Now you can make your start - successfully - with this book. Literary agent Oscar Collier and successful freelance writer Frances Spatz Leighton have teamed up to give you practical, specific advice on how to write your first növel and get it published. Inside you'll find ... SOLID WRITING INSTRUCTION - how to: • choose the kind of növel you want to write • make characters, dialogue, and plot work together to keep your reader (and prospective editor) turning the pages • determine how many characters your story needs • establish a daily writing routine that works for you - and gets your növel finished • revise, edit, and prepare your manuscript for submission EXPERT MARKETING ADVICE - on: • the pros and cons of using an agent - and how to represent yourself if you so choose • contract negotiations • publicity and self-promotion basics ACTUAL CASE HISTORIES - of first növel successes: • valuable insight into the working methods, attitudes, and specific strategies superstar novelists and on-their-way novelists used to get published - to help you start building your own success. "This book should inspire many yearners to start writing and stop talking about doing so. It is rich with tactical, down-to-earth information on how to write novels and contend with agents and publishers." - Howard Cady, former editor-in-chief of Little, Brown; Putnam's; and Holt, Rinehart & Winston Vissza