Writing Successful Self-Help and How-To Books
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Writing Successful Self-Help and How-To Books

Jean Marie Stine

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Writing Successful Self-Help and How-To Books

Jean Marie Stine

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About This Book

"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 AlcoholicsMastering 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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Publisher
Trade Paper Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780470346143
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Authorship
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Part One Writing and Selling Self-Help/ How-to Books
  9. Part Two The Basics: Title and Outline
  10. Part Three Writing a Self-Help/How-To Proposal
  11. Part Four Writing the Sample Chapter
  12. Part Five Self-Editing Self-Help/How-To Books
  13. Part Six Selling Self-Help/How-To Books Made Easy
  14. Part Seven Simplifying Permissions, Cross-References, Illustrations, Charts, Tables, and Front and Back Matter
  15. Appendix A Recommended Reading
  16. Appendix B Organizations That Can Help