An edition of The forest for the trees (2000)

The forest for the trees

an editor's advice to writers

1st Riverhead rev. and updated trade pbk. ed.
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The forest for the trees
Betsy Lerner, Betsy Lerner
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An edition of The forest for the trees (2000)

The forest for the trees

an editor's advice to writers

1st Riverhead rev. and updated trade pbk. ed.
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"The shelves are crowded with books on how to write. But as Lerner says, she doesn't plan to Strunk you over the head about style. Instead, on the basis of her close work with writers, she attempts to describe the writer's psyche. Here are stories about those writers who typically help or hurt their own cause as they seek publication. In the first half of the book, she identifies six classic personality types and their attendant behaviors.

Lerner understands the anxieties and concerns of writers just getting started as well as those stalled mid-career. In the second half of the book, she takes readers through the publishing process from first contact to first contract to first glowing or gutting review."--BOOK JACKET.

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Riverhead Books
Language
English
Pages
285

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Cover of: The Forest for the Trees
The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers
Apr 26, 2012, Pan MacMillan
paperback
Cover of: The forest for the trees
The forest for the trees: an editor's advice to writers
2010, Riverhead Books
in English - 1st Riverhead rev. and updated trade pbk. ed.
Cover of: The Forest for the Trees
The Forest for the Trees
August 9, 2002, Pan Books
Paperback
Cover of: The Forest for the Trees
The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers
April 10, 2001, Riverhead Trade
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Forest for the Trees
Cover of: The forest for the trees
The forest for the trees: an editor's advice to writers
2000, Riverhead Books
in English
Cover of: The forest for the trees
The forest for the trees: an editor's advice to writers
Publish date unknown, Riverhead Books
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Table of Contents

The ambivalent writer
The natural
The wicked child
The self-promoter
The neurotic
Touching fire
Making contact: seeking agents and publication
Rejection
What editors want
What authors want
The book
Publication.

Edition Notes

"Revised and updated for the 21st century"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-285).

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808.02
Library of Congress
PN147 .L44 2010, PN145.L44 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
285 p.
Number of pages
285

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27122380M
ISBN 10
159448483X
ISBN 13
9781594484834
LCCN
2011286500
OCLC/WorldCat
754887864, 649321874

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL114470W

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