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The First Five Pages: A Writer´s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
Noah Lukeman
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Description for The First Five Pages: A Writer´s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
Paperback. A practical and succinct guide designed to help you give your manuscript its best chance to be noticed by literary agents. Contains a systematic chapter-by-chapter look at the symptoms of bad writing and how to avoid them. Written in an engaging and friendly style by a successful literary agent with a knowledgeable insider's perspective. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Whether you are a novice writer or a veteran who has already had your work published, rejection is often a frustrating reality. Literary agents and editors receive and reject hundreds of manuscripts each month. While it's the job of these publishing professionals to be discriminating, it's the job of the writer to produce a manuscript that immediately stands out among the vast competition. And those outstanding qualities, says New York literary agent Noah Lukeman, have to be apparent from the first five pages. The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile reveals the ... Read more
Whether you are a novice writer or a veteran who has already had your work published, rejection is often a frustrating reality. Literary agents and editors receive and reject hundreds of manuscripts each month. While it's the job of these publishing professionals to be discriminating, it's the job of the writer to produce a manuscript that immediately stands out among the vast competition. And those outstanding qualities, says New York literary agent Noah Lukeman, have to be apparent from the first five pages. The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile reveals the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199575282
SKU
V9780199575282
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Reviews for The First Five Pages: A Writer´s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
Review from previous edition Intelligent, important, valuable, and entertaining instructions. . . . It should be read by all novice writers - and by those whose books are already published but intend to write more.
Richard Marek, former editorial director of Kirkus Reviews
Mr. Lukeman has written a definitive handbook on the pitfalls to avoid in your work. ... Read more
Richard Marek, former editorial director of Kirkus Reviews
Mr. Lukeman has written a definitive handbook on the pitfalls to avoid in your work. ... Read more