Thanks, But This Isn't for Us: A (Sort of) Compassionate Guide to Why Your Writing is Being Rejected

by Jessica Page Morrell

Book Overview

A fun, practical guide that reveals the essentials of good fiction and memoir writing by exposing the most common mistakes literary writers make.

All great works of fiction and memoir are unique-but most bad novels, stories, and memoirs have a lot in common. From clunky dialogue to poorly sketchedout characters, sagging pacing to exaggerated prose, these beginners' mistakes drive any agent or editor to their stock rejection letter, telling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585427217
• ISBN13: 9781585427215
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.1"