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Title |
The first five pages : a writer's guide to staying out of the rejection pile / Noah Lukeman. |
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Imprint |
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2005. |
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Edition |
Fireside ed. |
Description |
207 p. ; 22 cm. |
Note |
"A Fireside book." |
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"This edition specially printed for Barnes & Noble Books by Simon & Schuster, Inc."--T.p. verso. |
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Reprint. Originally published: Simon & Schuster, 2000. |
Bibliography |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Presentation -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Sound -- Comparison -- Style -- Between the lines -- Commonplace -- Informative -- Melodramatic -- Hard to follow -- Showing versus telling -- Viewpoint and narration -- Characterization -- Hooks -- Subtlety -- Tone -- Focus -- Setting -- Pacing and progression. |
Subject |
Openings (Rhetoric)
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Authorship.
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ISBN |
0743290933 |
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9780743290937 |
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068485743X (pbk.) |
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9780684857435 (pbk.) |
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