Revised and with dozens of new examples, this edition of Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript builds upon the success of the original--providing the comprehensive information every writer needs to prepare stand-out submissions--while also adding new information on specific genres, electronic submissions, and more.
Readers will find an expanded selection of sample manuscripts, query letters, proposals, cover letters, outlines, synopses and more--all featuring callouts that clearly identify and explain critical elements.
From specific fiction genres to nonfiction books to pictures books and poetry, this comprehensive guide provides crucial information for any writer hoping to be published.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Great Reference:
This book is a great reference when submitting a manuscript for representation or publication. It let's you know exactly how to format each document you need to present. Wonderful resource that I just had to buy.
This book must be on your shelves if you're starting a writing career!:
While not an exciting read, Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript provides a fundamental resource for preparing your manuscript for submission. It's filled with instructions on how to submit various items a writer many wish to submit for consideration for publication including articles, short stories, poetry, and novels. In addition, the book includes examples of correctly and incorrectly prepared submission. Some of the incorrectly prepared submissions are quite funny. Laufenberg provides an... more info
Visually Clear:
I have not read from covereth to covereth in this book, and that is part of the beauty of it. If you are a visual and tactile type learner; such as myself; this is a very useful book. Not only does it explain very clearly how you are to write your proposal (they have other things too) it also gives you a visual example to look at. So when it may be sometimes be confusing (in some other books) to try to figure out visually how to create what is written, this book clears the air on that and has easy steps to... more info
Good up-to-date information:
I bought this for my brother who is writing a non-fiction book on WWII and the Marshall Islands and needed some basics. This did a terrific job of providing him with what he needed to be able to submit his manuscript correctly and learn about the business.
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