Writing Successful Self-help and How-to Books by Jean Marie Stine

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Writing Successful Self-help and How-to Books by Jean Marie Stine

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Writing Successful Self-help and How-to Books by Jean Marie Stine

If you follow only a third of Jean's advice, you'll have a successful book. --Jeremy Tarcher, Publisher Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc.

After Jean reworked my first draft, paperback rights sold for $137,000. --Timmen Cermak, M.D., author of A Time to Heal: The Road to Recovery for Adult Children of Alcoholics

Mastering the craft and understanding the mechanics of writing self-help and how-to books is the key to getting publishers to take notice of your work. Now, in the first guide to writing self-help and how-to books, Jean Stine offers an insider's view of this growing genre. Her easy-to-follow program takes you step-by-step through the complete writing process. You'll learn the importance of:
* Structure and Style
* Clear, easy-to-understand exercises
* Creating catchy and compelling titles, subtitles, and chapter headings
* Using lists, charts, and graphs to maximum effect
* Checklists and other interactive elements
* Writing a proposal that sells
* Negotiating permissions for quotations, photos, and illustrations
* Preparing your manuscript for presentation to a publisher

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Jean Marie Stine is a former editor for Putnam-Tarcher and Newcastle Publishing, where she edited such books as The Living Tarot, The Authentic I Ching, Numerology for Lovers, and Polarity Therapy. She is the author of Writing Successful Self-Help & How-to Books and Super Brain Power, among other books, and the co-author of The Best Guide to Meditation. She is a lifelong student of runes, Tarot, I Ching, astrology, palmistry, and other oracular systems.
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ISBN 13 9780471037392
ISBN 10 0471037397
Title Writing Successful Self-help and How-to Books
Author Jean Marie Stine
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Turner Publishing Company
Year published 1997-02-01
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.