If you’re an
author, you might be in need of a holiday gift for your critique buddies or the
gift exchange at your local writing group. If so, check out Top Ten Reasons Your Novel is
Rejected, a writing book offers advice from a publishing
insider who has been on both sides of the table.
Over the years Lois Winston has given workshops and talks to several
thousand aspiring writers. As a literary agent, she’s listened to hundreds of
pitches and read through tens of thousands of query letters and manuscript
submissions. Being both a published author and a literary agent gives her a
unique perspective on publishing. She knows what it’s like to be the writer
whose only desire is to sell a novel, and she knows what it’s like to have to
crush someone’s hopes with a rejection letter. It wasn’t until she started
sending out those rejection letters that she began to have a better
understanding of why so many writers receive them.
What she’s come to realize is that most manuscripts are rejected by
agents and editors for one or more of ten basic reasons. Writers have control
over some of these reasons but not all of them. This book will discuss these ten
reasons and how writers can control more of their destiny by not falling prey
to them.
Whether your goal is to be published by a legacy publishing house or
you plan to self-publish, this book contains invaluable information about
self-editing, grammar, punctuation, point of view, telling vs. showing, passive
vs. active writing, dialogue, narrative, voice, style, hooks, query letters,
and synopsis writing.
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