Writing Successful Self-Help & How-To Books
Published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997
- First Edition
- Softcover
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First edition. Very good in wrappers. Glossy paperback has bumped corners.
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- Title
- Writing Successful Self-Help & How-To Books
- Author
- STINE, Jean Marie
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, New York
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN 10
- 0471037397
- ISBN 13
- 9780471037392
- Edition
- 1st Edition
""After Jean reworked my first draft, paperback rights sold for $137,000."" --Timmen Cermak, M.D., author of A Time to Heal: The Road to Recovery for Adult Children of Alcoholics
Mastering the craft and understanding the mechanics of writing self-help and how-to books is the key to getting publishers to take notice of your work. Now, in the first guide to writing self-help and how-to books, Jean Stine offers an insider's view of this growing genre. Her easy-to-follow program takes you step-by-step through the complete writing process. You'll learn the importance of:
* Structure and Style
* Clear, easy-to-understand exercises
* Creating catchy and compelling titles, subtitles, and chapter headings
* Using lists, charts, and graphs to maximum effect
* Checklists and other interactive elements
* Writing a proposal that sells
* Negotiating permissions for quotations, photos, and illustrations
* Preparing your manuscript for presentation to a publisher
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