Your First Novel

An Author Agent Team Share the Keys to Achieving Your Dream

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Writing & Publishing, Writing Skills, Reference
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Author: Ann Rittenberg, Laura Whitcomb ISBN: 9781582976952
Publisher: F+W Media Publication: August 25, 2006
Imprint: Writer's Digest Books Language: English
Author: Ann Rittenberg, Laura Whitcomb
ISBN: 9781582976952
Publisher: F+W Media
Publication: August 25, 2006
Imprint: Writer's Digest Books
Language: English

In Your First Novel, novelist Laura Whitcomb and seasoned literary agent Ann Rittenberg team up to provide you with the skills you need to write your dream novel and the savvy business know-how to get it published. In this all-in-one resource, you'll discover essential novel-writing techniques, such as:

  • How to best structure your research so that you can save time later
  • How to card your story before you start writing
  • What to consider when developing your cast of characters
  • How to adapt classic story structures to fit your own ideas

…and insider information on what it takes to get published, including:

  • What agents do at those three-hour power lunches-and how it affects you
  • What makes an agent instantly reject a manuscript
  • How to correctly translate submission guidelines
  • What happens if you get multiple offers-or no offers at all

Plus, learn about the publishing process from the firsthand accounts of such noted authors as Dennis Lehane, Kathryn Harrison, Jim Fusilli, Kathleen George, and others!

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In Your First Novel, novelist Laura Whitcomb and seasoned literary agent Ann Rittenberg team up to provide you with the skills you need to write your dream novel and the savvy business know-how to get it published. In this all-in-one resource, you'll discover essential novel-writing techniques, such as:

…and insider information on what it takes to get published, including:

Plus, learn about the publishing process from the firsthand accounts of such noted authors as Dennis Lehane, Kathryn Harrison, Jim Fusilli, Kathleen George, and others!

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