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Titles and Opening Pages
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Major publisher encourages
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Macmillan leaps into the
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*Short
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How to Plan Your Book
The first of three articles
- No.1 -
*Who
Is Your Book For?*
Self Publishing - Print
on Demand
DIY can make sense -
if you are careful
*How
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Have
a reader in mind when you write -
Match your enthusiasm to an identified
readership
*write
to be read*
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. . The
piece is, as you predicted, much stronger now. I really do
appreciate what you did . . . I saw the improvement straight
away in every instance.
H S
(My
hat size needs adjustment - Ed.)
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. . . I often studied my work and couldn't for the life of me put
my finger on what was wrong - you nailed it. It has now magically
come alive with strong healthy verbs and nouns written in the correct
tense and this has given it the crispness and thump it sadly lacked.
Carol
W
(Thanks!
Ed.)
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