The #1 Provider of UIL Books
A Writer’s Guide to Nonfiction
$24.00
- Description
- Additional information
Description
A WRITER’S COMPASSDirection for your writing career
Don’t get lost on the publishing path. Just forge ahead with the Writer’s Compass. Drawing on decades of professional experience as an author, editor, writing instructor, mentor, and marketing consultant, Elizabeth Lyon helps you navigate the art and craft of writing—with clear, easy-to-follow directions:
NORTH
Getting Your Bearings
Understand your purpose and your audience; learn to refine your ideas, select effective titles, and find the best method of organization for any piece
SOUTH
Troubleshooting
Use checklists and guidelines to spot weaknesses and problems in leads, organization, conclusions, and style—and find out how to correct them
EAST
Learning to Market
Map a successful cover letter, query letter, or proposal, and discover a four-step process to facilitate publication and sales
WEST
Refining Your Vision
Brainstorm to gain perspective on your writing—and how it fits with your values, goals, and dreams
A Writer’s Guide to NonfictionAcknowledgments
Introduction
North: Getting Your Bearings
1. What Do I Want to Say?
2. Who Are My Readers?
3. What Form Can My Writing Take?
4. How Can I Refine My Idea?
5. How Do I Begin?
6. How Do I Develop the Middle?
7. How Can I End Well?
8. Writing About People
9. Writing About Ideas
10. Writing About Things
11. Writing About Places
South: Troubleshooting and Problem Solving
12. Troubleshooting and Problem Solving
East: Your Rising Star
13. Learning How to Market
West: Refining Your Vision
14. Exploring New Horizons
Index
ABout the Author
Elizabeth Lyon, a regular speaker at writing conferences and retreats nationwide, has been a contributor to Writer’s Digest and is a mentor, editor, and teacher for many writers. The author of Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write and The Sell Your Novel Toolkit, she lives in Eugene, Oregon.US
Additional information
| Dimensions | 0.6500 × 5.2000 × 8.0000 in |
|---|---|
| Series | |
| Imprint | |
| ISBN-13 | |
| ISBN-10 | |
| Author | |
| Audience | |
| BISAC | |
| Subjects | inspirational gifts, journaling, screenwriting, LAN005000, writing prompts, dialogue, how to write, business books, self help books for men, mindfulness books, linguistics, writer gifts, career books, college graduation gifts, LAN010000, rhetoric, writing books, graduation gifts for her, gre, project management, narcissism, marketing, psychology, business, self help, etiquette, work, education, resistance, writing, self improvement, career, books for writers, gifts for writers, job, learn to read, Creative writing, language, english language, grammar |