The Author’s Checklist: An Agent’s Guide to Developing and Editing Your Manuscript - Couverture souple

Kracht, Elizabeth K.

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ISBN 10 : 1608686620 ISBN 13 : 9781608686629

Editeur : New World Library, 2020

Synopsis

The bad news: even really good manuscripts have weak spots that are enough to garner rejections from agents and publishers. The good news: most of these problems are easy to fix -- once the writer sees and understands them. Over time, literary agent Elizabeth Kracht noticed that many submissions had similar problems, so she began to make a list of the pitfalls. She knew that even excellent projects could be rejected based on these surmountable issues because those on the receiving end of proposals most often don't have the time to walk writers through needed adjustments. And writers can't clearly judge their own creative output. The checklist Kracht has created helps writers make their manuscripts good to go. It offers short, easy-to-implement bites of advice, illustrated by inspiring -- and cautionary -- real-world examples. Kracht cuts to the chase and demystifies intricate issues like dialogue and pacing as well as nuts-and-bolts subjects such as query letters and agency guidelines. The result is a reliable, doable way for writers to make their work truly ready for readers. Most aspiring authors yearn for a friend in book publishing. The Author's Checklist is just that.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Elizabeth K. Kracht is a literary agent with Kimberley Cameron & Associates and a freelance editor. She often participates in writers' conferences nationally and internationally, where she teaches the approach she covers in this book. She lives in Tiburon, California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New World Library
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1608686620
• ISBN 13: 9781608686629
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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