The Writer's Friend - Table of Contents

The Writer's Friend -- How to get published and paid. The Table of Contents below provides a glimpse of the wealth of the content contained within the book.




Acknowledgements

7

Foreword by Ron Franscell

10

About the Authors

11

Chapter 1. Finding Encouragement

13

Chapter 2. Getting on the Right Track

15

Chapter 3. Finding Your Dream Publications

25

Chapter 4. Knowing Your Audience

37

Chapter 5. Preparing to Query

47

"A Day in the Life of an Editor"
By Nancy McAlary and Linda Davis Kyle

47

Chapter 6. Composing a Sparkling Query Letter

57

Sample Query Letter

68

Chapter 7. Maximizing Your Research

71

Chapter 8. Interviewing and Beyond

75

Chapter 9. Improving Your Style

85

Chapter 10. Thinking It before You Write It

91

Chapter 11. Writing Warmups

93

Chapter 12. Controlling Your Inner Editor

99

Chapter 13. Grabbing an Editor's Attention

105

Chapter 14. Balancing Your Communication

113

Chapter 15. Writing with a Purpose Pays

119

Chapter 16. Finding a New Twist

129

Chapter 17. Cooperating with Editors

137

Chapter 18. Finding out about Editors, Employment Agencies, and Technical Writers
By Joseph Gregg, Author of Write Your Way to Riches

147

Chapter 19. Finding Time to Write

157

Chapter 20. Fulfilling Your Dream

161

Editor's Note by Guy Lancaster

163

Appendix

Questions to Help Focus Your Writing

164

Index

Subjects

180

Personalities -- Subjects and/or Sources

180

Fictional Personalities from " A Day in the Life of an Editor"

181

Printed Matter -- Subjects

181

Printed and Web Material -- Sources

182

Contributors to The Writer's Friend

183

Selected Contributors to WritingNow.com Features
and/or "Writers around the World"

186

Letters to the Editor

187

Selected WritingNow.com Letters to the Editor

189

Ordering Information

192

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