The First Five Pages: a Writer's Guide for Staying out of the Rejection Pile
A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
Published on 20. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-684-85743-5 (ISBN)
Description
Using examples from actual manuscripts and query letters he's received, a publishing professional illuminates principles that can be applied to virtually any type of writing--fiction, nonfiction, journalism, and even poetry.
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Edition
Original ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Hemel Hempstead
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
209 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-684-85743-5 (9780684857435)
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08/2010
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Person
Noah Lukeman is a literary agent based in New York City whose clients include Pulitzer Prize nominees, New York Times bestselling authors, Pushcart Prize recipients, and American Book Award winners. Prior to becoming an agent, he worked on the editorial side of several major publishing companies. He has been a guest speaker on the subjects of writing and publishing at forums conducted by numerous organizations, including the Writer’s Voice, the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the Wallace Stegner writing program at Stanford University.
Content
Contents
Introduction
PART I: PRELIMINARY PROBLEMS
Chapter 1: Presentation
Chapter 2: Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 3: Sound
Chapter 4: Comparison
Chapter 5: Style
PART II: DIALOGUE
Chapter 6: Between the Lines
Chapter 7: Commonplace
Chapter 8: Informative
Chapter 9: Melodramatic
Chapter 10: Hard to Follow
PART III: THE BIGGER PICTURE
Chapter 11: Showing Versus Telling
Chapter 12: Viewpoint and Narration
Chapter 13: Characterization
Chapter 14: Hooks
Chapter 15: Subtlety
Chapter 16: Tone
Chapter 17: Focus
Chapter 18: Setting
Chapter 19: Pacing and Progression
Epilogue
Index