Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction--and Get It Published | 
| Authors: Susan Rabiner, Alfred Fortunato
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0393324613
Dewey Decimal Number: 031
EAN: 9780393324617
ASIN: 0393324613
Publication Date: August 2003
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Book Description
Distilled wisdom from two publishing pros for every serious nonfiction author in search of big commercial success. Over 50,000 books are published in America each year, the vast majority nonfiction. Even so, many writers are stymied in getting their books published, never mind gaining significant attention for their ideas—and substantial sales. This is the book editors have been recommending to would-be authors. Filled with trade secrets, Thinking Like Your Editor explains:
• Why every proposal should ask and answer five key questions;
• how to tailor academic writing to a general reader, without losing ideas or dumbing down your work;
• how to write a proposal that editors cannot ignore;
• why the most important chapter is your introduction;
• why "simple structure, complex ideas" is the mantra for creating serious nonfiction;
• why smart nonfiction editors regularly reject great writing but find new arguments irresistible.
Whatever the topic, from history to business, science to philosophy, law, or gender studies, this book is vital to every serious nonfiction writer.
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 Great Book! May 2, 2008
I ordered this book based on the reviews posted previously. It is full of good advice and I'm glad to have obtain the ideas listed within. Great book for someone making their way through the publishing world.
Thinking Like Your Editor April 11, 2008
A great review before every submission. If content is good, should push one to the front of the line.
Thinking Like Your Editor March 15, 2008
This is an excellent example of a How-To book for all who aspire to write one. It also happens to lay out in direct and clear language the process and hurdles the nonfiction writer must overcome to get to the reader.It made me go back and reconsider why and for whom I am really writing. Seems obvious but often forgotten.
Best so far January 18, 2008
I've purchased and read quite a few books on this topic and this is clearly the best oone I've read so far. Not only does it take one through the mechanics of the book proposal in a useful and reader-friendly way, it does so very definitely from the perspective of the editor. The section on creating narrative tension in nonfiction writing is worth the price of the book all by itself.
Best book on the subject October 18, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Thinking Like Your Editor" is one of the very best book for writers, up there with Strunk & White. The book not only explains how to get your own book published; it's a gold mine of advice on writing itself, and its authors' class shines through every line.
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