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The author's checklist : an agent's guide to developing and editing your manuscript / Elizabeth K. Kracht ; [foreword by John Grogan].

by Kracht, Elizabeth K., 1968- author.

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Novato, California : New World Library, [2020]

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9781608686629 (paperback) :

1608686620 (paperback) :

xix, 219 pages ; 21 cm

A-to-Z list. Acknowledgments -- Agency guidelines -- Appendixes -- Audience and marketing -- Author Bio -- Author platform -- Author's note -- Book proposal -- Case histories -- Chapter arc -- Chapter breaks -- Chapter endings -- Chapter heads -- Chapter length -- Chapter summaries -- Characterization -- Coauthors -- Collections -- Comparable titles -- Demographics -- Detection -- Dialogue -- Dreams -- Epigraphs -- Epistolary elements -- Foreword -- Formatting -- Genre -- Introduction -- Italics -- Lists -- Maps -- Memoir -- Overview -- Pacing -- Parts -- Permissions -- Plot -- Point of view -- Prologue -- Promotion and publicity -- Proofreading -- Prose -- Punctuation -- Query letter -- Rejection -- Self-publishing -- Setting -- Show versus tell -- Subheads -- Subtitle -- Suspension of disbelief -- Symbolism -- Synopsis -- Tension -- Text boxes -- Themes -- Timekeeping -- Timelines -- Title -- Tone -- Uniformity -- Vignettes -- Voice -- Word count -- World building -- Appendix A: Query letter example -- Appendix B: Synopsis example.

"A literary agent and freelance editor recommends simple fixes for common mistakes that cause book proposals to be rejected. A wide range of topics are covered, including genre conventions, narrative structure, manuscript formatting, and editing for both fiction and non-fiction books"--

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