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The First Five Pages

A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile

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An edition of The First Five Pages (2000)

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A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile

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Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Pages
207

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Subjects
Creative writing, Authorship, Openings (Rhetoric), Openings (rhetoric)

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Cover of: The First Five Pages
The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
January 1, 2005, Fireside
Paperback in English
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Cover of: The First Five Pages
The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
2005, Fireside
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The First Five Pages
September 30, 2000, Robert Hale Ltd, The Crowood Press
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The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
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Table of Contents

Introduction. 11
Part I: Preliminary Problems.
Chapter 1: Presentation. 21
Chapter 2: Adjectives and Adverbs. 31
Chapter 3: Sound. 41
Chapter 4: Comparison. 53
Chapter 5: Style. 64
Part II: Dialogue.
Chapter 6: Between the Lines. 75
Chapter 7: Commonplace. 84
Chapter 8: Informative. 91
Chapter 9: Melodramatic. 101
Chapter 10: Hard to Follow. 108
Part III: The Bigger Picture.
Chapter 11: Showing Versus Telling. 119
Chapter 12: Viewpoint and Narration. 127
Chapter 13: Characterization. 136
Chapter 14: Hooks. 151
Chapter 15: Subtlety. 159
Chapter 16: Tone. 165
Chapter 17: Focus. 170
Chapter 18: Setting. 178
Chapter 19: Pacing and Progression.
Epilogue. 195
Index. 199

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"A Fireside Book."
Includes index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808/.02
Library of Congress
PN218 .L85 2000

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Bradford Foltz
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Doug Whyte
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O'Lanso Gabbidon

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
207 p.
Number of pages
207

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OL47537M
ISBN 10
068485743X
LCCN
99047928
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7896
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263254

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Most people are against books on writing on principle. So am I. It's ridiculous to set down rules when it comes to art.
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