First Five Pages A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile

Name: First Five Pages A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
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ISBN: 9780684857435

ISBN-10: 068485743X

ISBN-13: 9780684857435

Edition: 2000

Authors: Noah Lukeman

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IF YOU'RE TIRED OF REJECTION, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. 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 Pagesreveals the necessary elements of good writing, whether it be fiction, nonfiction, journalism, or poetry,…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 1/20/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Contents Introduction



Preliminary Problems



Presentation



Adjectives and Adverbs



Sound



Comparison



Style



Dialogue



Between the Lines



Commonplace



Informative



Melodramatic



Hard to Follow



The Bigger Picture



Showing Versus Telling



Viewpoint and Narration



Characterization



Hooks



Subtlety



Tone



Focus



Setting



Pacing and Progression


Epilogue


Index