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The practical writer: from inspiration to publication
Publisher
Penguin Books
Publication Date
2004
Language
English
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Introduction: From Inspiration to Publication
Sect. 1. Concepts of Craft: Imagination's Many Forms
Fiction vs. Nonfiction: Wherein Lies the Truth? / Helen Benedict
Paths and Pearls: A Poet Ponders Memoir and Lyric / Gregory Orr
On Essays, Literature's Most Misunderstood Form / Michael Depp
Lingerie Theory of Narration / Julie Checkoway
Stuff: The Power of the Tangible / David Long
Push Hands: Balancing Resistance and Revision / Jeffrey Skinner
Trouble with Titles / Nicholas Weinstock
Sect. 2. Initial Contact: Getting Your Work off Your Desk and onto Someone Else's
Loose Bottoms: On Becoming Ready to Send Your Work Out / David Hamilton
Submission Strategy and Protocol / Amy Holman
Little and Literary / Natalie Danford
Glossies / Joanna Smith Rakoff
How to Read Rejection / C. Michael Curtis
How to Get a Grant / Scott Bane
Sect. 3. Building Your Team: How to Work Well with Publishing Professionals
How to Land an Agent: Strategies for the Search / Noah Lukeman
Negotiate Your First Book Contract Without Losing Your Deal, Your Future, or Your Mind / Kay Murray
Editor Etiquette / Betsy Lerner
Midlist and Other Fictions / Sol Stein
Publicity Primer / Michael Taeckens
How to Win Friends and Influence Booksellers / Kate Whouley
How Lucky Can You Get ... and Other Things No One Tells You / M. J. Rose
Sect. 4. Meeting Your Public (and Getting Them to Buy Your Book)
Publicity for Your Small Press Title / Robert McDowell
Techno Promo: Are You Ready for Digital Marketing? / Catherine Wald
Bookstore Appearances and Speaking Engagements / Jacqueline Deval
How to Give a Rousing Reading / Tom Bradley
Slam Your Way Across America / R. Eirik Ott
Sect. 5. Jobs in the Field: Lots of Reward, Little Pay
So You Want to Start a Literary Magazine? / Rebecca Wolff
Editing Lit Mags Online / Guy Shahar
How to Start a Reading Series / Fran Gordon
Tales of a Literary Saloon Keeper / Melvin Jules Bukiet
Balancing Act: Teaching Creative Writing / Hilma Wolitzer
Why I Write / Robert Phillips.
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9780142004005
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