The Writer's Handbook 2002 (TPB)

by Barry Turner (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $6.38

  A complete reference for writers, journalists, publishers, editors, screenwriters and broadcasters. In its 15th year, this edition of the Writer's Handbook contains over 5500 entries covering every area of creative writing. Key sections include book and magazine publishing, enlarged UK and US agents sections, newspapers, screenwriting, TV and radio, theatre, film and video, and poetry, alongside practical information about taxation, copyright, grants, bursaries, writers groups and much more. Special features for this edition include Melvyn Bragg on the new National Academy of Writing, David Hooper on Libel, Maureen Waller on the first year as a writer, the bestseller market, how to sell poetry, the Arts Council's guide to creative writing, and the most useful websites for writers.

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  Paperback
  2002

  $4.25

  The sixteenth edition of the bestselling guide to everything to do with creative writingCompletely revised, updated and enlarged, the new edition of The Writer's Handbook contains over 5,500 entries covering every area of creative writing. In addition to the key areas of UK and US book publishers and agents, magazines, screenwriting, TV and radio, theatre, film and video and poetry, new features for the 2003 edition include:* An enlarged and extended US section, plus special feature on how to crack the American market*E-books and the future of hard print*How to get into travel writing* How newspaper serialisations work* Diary of an aspiring writer - Part 2*Peter Finch on poetry*Gareth Shannon on Contracts'This is the book no writer should be without' The Times