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The First Five Pages

Paperback • 2010 • English

The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile

By Noah Lukeman

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About the book

Whether you are a novice writer or a veteran who has already had your work published, rejection is often a frustrating reality. Literary agents and editors receive and reject hundreds of manuscripts each month. While it's the job of these publishing professionals to be discriminating, it's the job of the writer to produce a manuscript that immediately stands out among the vast competition. And those outstanding qualities, says New York literary agent Noah Lukeman, have to be apparent from the fi...Show more

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9780199575282

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

The First Five Pages

Format

Paperback

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