Fiction Editor, the Novel, and the Novelist A Book for Writers, Teachers, Publishers, and Anyone Else Devoted to Fiction

Name: Fiction Editor, the Novel, and the Novelist A Book for Writers, Teachers, Publishers, and Anyone Else Devoted to Fiction
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ISBN: 9781589880306

ISBN-10: 1589880307

ISBN-13: 9781589880306

Edition: 2nd 2006

Authors: Thomas McCormack

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"Lucid, thoughtful . . . writers and teachers will learn much from it. . . . Belongs wherever Strunk and White's The Elements of Style finds frequent use."-Booklist ?? "Writers will actually learn things here."-Los Angeles Times?? "Perfect for teachers, critics and general readers."-Library Journal "Required reading for all those who care about good fiction."--Kirkus Reviews?? Drawing upon twenty-eight years of experience as the CEO and editorial director of St. Martin's Press, Thomas McCormack gives practical guidance about how to plan, write, and revise a novel. A standard reference for editors since its first publication in 1988, The Fiction Editor has also become popular with writers…

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List price: $16.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Paul Dry Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 167
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.484

Thomas McCormack was the CEO and Editorial Director of St. Martin's Press for 28 years. He personally edited authors as diverse as James Herriot (All Creatures Great and Small) and Thomas Harris (The Silence of the Lambs). In 1997 he left the book world to write plays. He also wrote "The Cheerful Skeptic" column for PW for 2 years.



Acknowledgments


Introduction to the Second Edition



Reading Requires Sensibility



Diagnosis Requires Sensibility and Craft



Revision Requires Sensibility and Craft, and Could Benefit from Art


Notes


'He' or 'He or She' or


Neologisms and Arcane Words


Punctuation: When Dancing, the Author Should Lead


Fowler, Strunk, White, You, and I


The Editor's Lot


Editorial License, but No Examination


The Lengths and Limits of Craft


Accident


Triggers


The Master-Effect Wanted


"Theme" and Its Dire Effects


Observation


On the Necessity to Be New


Shaggy Script Story


A Prelibation


Prelibation by a Nose


Indeterminate Prelibation


The Problem of Hamlet's Sister


Pity the Great Writer


Book Review Editors and Book Reviewers


How to Break the News


Matters Outstanding


Glossary


Peroration


Stanislavsky Edits


Sam Mussabini, Editor


Jest Desserts


Index of Names