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Thinking like your editor, how to write great serious nonfiction--and get it published, Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunato

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Thinking like your editor, how to write great serious nonfiction--and get it published, Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunato

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thinking like your editor

Oclc number

53137663

Responsibility statement

Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunato

Sub title

how to write great serious nonfiction--and get it published

Summary

Filled with insider and trade secrets, explains how to tailor academic writing to a general readership without losing ideas and offers tips on how to get a book published

Table Of Contents

Thinking like an editor : audience, audience, audience -- The submission package. How to write a proposal ; Wrapping up the submission package : the table of contents, the sample chapter, and supporting materials ; Placing your manuscript with a publisher : to agent or not to agent, and other questions about the publishing acquisition process -- The writing process. A question of fairness and other limits of argument in serious nonfiction ; Using narrative tension ; From introduction to epilogue : writing your book chapter by chapter, and what to do when you get into trouble -- From editing to marketing to publication. How to be published well -- Appendix: A sample proposal and writing sample

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How to write great serious nonfiction--and get it published

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