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Every writer wants to publish as widely as possible, and this book gives writers the tools to achieve a competitive edge and break into a wide range of markets. The second edition has been updated throughout and expanded to cover e-mail pitches, letters of introduction, pitching to international markets, how to pitch agents at conferences, and new markets such as greeting cards. This sprightly guide enables readers to expand their markets and increase sales by learning how to make the perfect pitch to magazines, publishers, corporations, and other potential clients. This indispensable resource provides writers with successful approaches to such topics as how to craft a query letter, create a nonfiction or fiction book proposal, approach newspapers with a column or syndication idea, get corporate freelancing jobs, and win a writing grant. Interviews with experts in a variety of fields and dozens of new examples of successful pitches, queries and proposals enliven and illustrate the text. Beginning and experienced writers will find this the perfect one-of-a-kind, desktop reference for developing the market approaches they need to sell their work.
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A writer's guide to expanding their markets and increasing sales by learning how to make the perfect pitch to magazines, publishers and corporations. It advises writers on how to draft a query letter, create a non-fiction or fiction book proposal, approach newspapers with a column or syndication idea, write effective screenwriting pitches, get corporate freelancing jobs, win a writing grant, and more. There are interviews with experts in a variety of fields, and dozens of examples of successful pitches, queries and proposals illustrate the text.
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- PublisherAllworth Press,U.S.
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1581150997
- ISBN 13 9781581150995
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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