The Marshall Plan for Getting Your Novel Published
Writer's Digest Books, June, 2003.
Hardcover, 242 pages.
ISBN: 158297196X
Literary agent and bestselling mystery novelist Evan
Marshall has once again provided an excellent guide for
writers hoping to get their novel published.
Writers will be motivated after reading Marshall's
many tips to help them avoid
having their novel rejected by an editor or agent
because of an easily avoided mistake. The first part of
Marshall's latest book contains tips and suggestions
for getting your manuscript as perfect as it can before
sending it on its way for possible acceptance by an agent
or publisher. Once you have your dialogue tweaked
and your prose polished, Marshall focuses the writer
on perfecting his manuscript submission techniques; he also
gives instruction as to how and when to approach editors.
In this section, Marshall also provides helpful outlines
for creating the perfect synopsis, query and cover letters.
More rejection pitfalls can be avoided by following
Marshall's plans for perfecting your submission letters
and making them the way agents and editors like to
receive them.
The third part of the book provides advice about contracts
and working with editors. An appendix in the
book provides a glossary and helpful sample query and
cover letters. This book is a follow-up to Marshall's
other two excellent writing books, The Marshall Plan for Novel
Writing and The Marshall Plan Workbook.
Authors will appreciate Marshall's well-planned
strategies and templates, as well as his practical
fact-based advice. Highly recommended.
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This review was published in the September-October, 2003 of The Internet Writing Journal.
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