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The First 50 Pages : Engage Agents, Editors and Readers, and Set Your Novel up for Success by Jeff Gerke (2011, Trade Paperback)

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He discusses the submission process, the perspectives of acquisitions editors and literary agents, and how they decide whether to publish a novel, including the proposal, sample chapters, and common problems.

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First impressions are vital and the opening scenes of a novel are crucial if the reader is going to stick around until the story's end. This guide walks writers through the tasks their first 50 pages must accomplish in order to avoid leaving the reader disoriented, angry, or, worse.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1599632837
ISBN-13
9781599632834
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102821268

Product Key Features

Author
Jeff Gerke
Publication Name
First 50 Pages : Engage Agents, Editors and Readers, and Set Your Novel Up for Success
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pn3365
Copyright Date
2011
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Publishing, Composition & Creative Writing
Lccn
2012-376712
Dewey Decimal
808.3
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines

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by camino81Oct 27, 2013
If you only buy one book on writing fiction...
If you write fiction, you need this book. I have probably three dozen books on writing on my shelf (I'm also an English teacher) and this is the only book I can say "If you only buy one book on writing" about. Gerke writes in a clear and approachable style. The info he covers is both very practical and very insightful. This book will greatly influence the way to approach writing fiction. If you are planning to write a novel or needing to revise one, you need this book.
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by jaynote23Apr 24, 2015
It's All Here
I'm working on my first novel. This is the first resource book I've found that is packed with all the essentials. Jeff Gerke has pulled together an enormous amount of information and experience into one book. There are many good resource media out there, but this is the one I'd now recommend as the place to start and keep as a good reference for the serious writer.

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