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If you follow only a third of Jean's advice, you'll have a
successful book. --Jeremy Tarcher, Publisher Jeremy P. Tarcher,
Inc.
""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
"If you follow only a third of Jean's advice, you'll have a successful book." —Jeremy Tarcher, Publisher Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc. "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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Beyond the Strange (Paperback)
Jean Marie Stine, Phyllis Galde; Selected by the Editors of Fate
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R426
Discovery Miles 4 260
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The Seeds of Life (Paperback)
Eric Temple Bell; Edited by Steve Davidson, Jean Marie Stine
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R317
Discovery Miles 3 170
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