Full name: Your First Novel: An Author Agent Team Share the Keys to Achieving Your Dream

Author: Ann Rittenberg Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Writing, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781582973883 9781582973869 1582973881 1582973865

In Your First Novel, novelist Laura Whitcomb and seasoned literary agent Ann Rittenberg team up to provide you with the skills you need to write your dream novel and the savvy business know-how to get it published. In this all-in-one resource, you'll discover essential novel-writing techniques, such as: How to best structure your research so that you can save time later How to card your story before you start writing What to consider when developing your cast of characters How to adapt classic story structures to fit your own ideas ...and insider information on what it takes to get published, including: What agents do at those three-hour power lunches--and how it affects you What makes an agent instantly reject a manuscript How to correctly translate submission guidelines What happens if you get multiple offers--or no offers at all Plus, learn about the publishing process from the firsthand accounts of such noted authors as Dennis Lehane, Kathryn Harrison, Jim Fusilli, Kathleen George, and others! Similar books: Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schmidt How to Be a Writer by Barbara Baig Goal, Motivation and Conflict by Debra Dixon Hooked by Les Edgerton Building Better Plots by Robert Kernen Creating Character Arcs by K. M. Weiland Plot Versus Character by Jeff Gerke The Joy of Writing Sex by Elizabeth Benedict Dialogue by Gloria Kempton Writing Fiction For Dummies by Randy Ingermanson Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by Nancy Kress 45 Master Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines by Tami D. Cowden Creating Character Emotions by Ann Hood Scene and Structure by Jack M. Bickham Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing by Zachary Petit Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain Story Engineering by Larry Brooks