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E-book Title: Doing The Write Thing: The Easy Way to Self Edit
Author: Rob Parnell
Book Description: STOP PRESS: This edition newly updated Sept 2004!
(even bigger and better than before!)
Doing The Write Thing:
The Easy Way to Self Edit
Hi there,
It's time to get on with the important stuff. Like getting our writing careers on track!
To do that, we need to get more submissions and queries out there - onto the desks of editors and publishers.
And we need those submissions and queries to look good.
Because the more professional we are seen to be, the more we are trusted to deliver the goods (the writing) and the more chances we are given to prove ourselves (by getting published).
But getting our work to look its best can be a challenge.
We need to make sure our MSS are well written, in faultless English and in the correct format, otherwise, quite frankly, we really don't stand a chance.
Why?
Let me ask you a question.
What do you think is the single most common reason for MS rejection?
Bad ideas? A weak plot? Lack of credits?
Uh-uh. None of the above.
You might be surprised to learn the majority of MSS are rejected for a very simple reason.
Sloppy presentation.
Ask any editor or publisher and they will tell you they are literally plagued - daily - by manuscripts full of bad spelling, dodgy grammar and terrible formatting!
But hey, this actually makes their jobs easier - because a badly presented MS, with just a couple of spelling and or grammatical mistakes in the first few lines will have your work heading for the trash bin faster than you can say William Shakespeare!
Tragic but true.
The best ideas in the world will simply not get read if you don't learn to self edit consistently well.
Because the fact is, there are 'rules' - obvious to editors and publishers - but sometimes not so obvious to writers.
So - what's the best and easiest way to increase you chances of acceptance?
Simple. Know what is required.
And that's where this brand new 'Easy Way to Write' package comes in. It's an absolute must for every aspiring writer - as important as a dictionary or thesaurus or any other writer's reference book.
'Doing the Write Thing: The Easy Way to Self-Edit' by Sarah White is 121 fact filled pages of the most helpful writing advice you'll ever find in one ebook.
And Sarah should know. She's an editor herself. She knows exactly what's needed to make the difference between publication and being consigned to the trash.
In her new book, you will discover:
· Exactly what an editor is thinking when they're going over your MS
· The correct use of Syntax, Punctuation and Grammar
· Which words and phrases are commonly misused or misspelled
· The correct uses of Attribution, Interjection, Parallelism and
Dangling Participles
· A complete Self Editor's Checklist
· How to correctly use Verbs, Adverbs and Adjectives
· How to effectively use the Active and Passive voice
· Ways to 'strip the fat', and create 'balance' in your work
· A thorough self-editor's 'Toolbox' of resources
· And much, much more...
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Reviewed by on 2004-03-22
I personally think its a practical
way of doing things easpecially if you are a budding writer like me.
It helps e break down the tasks at hand and makes it easier to do a roughdraft of my work.
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