The Young Writer's Guide to Getting Published

By Kathy Henderson

For years the Market Guide for Young Writers has been the perfect resource for kids who want to get published. Now, it's been revised, updated, expanded and renamed for the young writers of the 21st... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582970572
• ISBN13: 9781582970578
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Good, basic writing book for young people

THE YOUNG WRITER'S GUIDE TO GETTING PUBLISHED is an excellent resource for an aspiring writer. The book gives complete step-by-step instructions for creating and selling writing material and 'breaking in' to the industry. Highlights include personal profiles of young writers (with photos :) ) who have successfully sold their ideas and gotten published. This book is encouraging, positive, and even includes a list of potential markets for young writers. I like the index for easy use. An improvement for a future edition might be to address internet issues (queries via email, internet submissions, internet markets, etc.) in more depth. Overall, nice job!

Finally A Book Advising Teens On How To Get Published

Ever wanted to get published? Well this is definitly the book for you. I have been writing stories for a while now and I have never gotten anything out of it besides my parents and friend praising me for my work. I read books for adults on how to get published I even got to the point where I was ready to send one of my books/stories to a publisher with barely any insight on what I was doing. Then my life, writing wise, changed. I went to a local book shop with my mom for some apparent reason and she went to get her book and I went to get mine; however, I had no I idea of what I wanted to get so I searched for stupid things and then I typed out these exact words "how to get published" and you probably already know what I got. The Young Writer's Guide to Getting Published. I was amazed, a book for teens on getting published? So I went and found the book and my life has never been the same since. I got info on every thing, the cover letter, publishing (looking professional), and well just everything you needed to know. And the best part was in the back of the book there was a list with descrptions of publishers that accept young writers works. So stop reading this review and GET THIS BOOK!!!!!!

Handy, Useful Guide

This guide is useful to a certain extent. It does go a bit far by saying remember to put your name on the manuscript. Only joking, its brilliant!!!!!

A "nuts and bolts" explanation of the publishing process

Kathy Henderson's The Young Writer's Guide To Getting Published is an ideal and highly recommended introduction to the process of how to get a manuscript professionally published. Using Stephen King as an illustrative example, Henderson provides a "nuts and bolts" explanation of the publishing process and provides updated market and contest listings; profiles of professional editors and young writers; offers thorough directions for formatting plays and scripts; answers the most commonly asked questions; details information about local and regional places to submit manuscripts; gives invaluable advice about markets (including contests to avoid); offers a wealth of helpful hinds for developing marketing ability; and offers practical author-based tips, advice, warnings, and resource alerts. If you are a young writer from 8 to 18 who aspires to have your writing published, then give a careful reading to Kathy Henderson's The Young Writer's Guide To Getting Published!