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    How to Be a Writer: Secrets from the Inside

    By Stewart Ferris

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    In this updated and expanded edition, Stewart Ferris uses his industry know-how to give you all the tips, tricks, and inside knowledge one needs to become a successful writer, covering all types of writing from books to scripts and beyond This accessible and informative guide is packed with advice to equip writers with the skills they need to launch a writing career including using their "voice" as their USP, learning to love criticism, surprising solutions to writer's block, avoiding submission blunders, and using e-publishing to sell work. This book tackles both problems: it gets one writing, easily and painlessly guiding them through the process and divulges industry secrets that will help raise the quality of one's work to a professional level.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSummersdale
    Release dateOct 1, 2013
    ISBN9780857658425
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    How to Be a Writer: Secrets from the Inside
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    Stewart Ferris

    During 14 years' experience in the publishing industry Stewart Ferris has published 700 books, rejected 10,000 manuscripts and has written more than 40 books that have been translated into 6 languages. He has also written for stage, film, television and radio. www.stewartferris.com

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