Lerner, Betsy  <br/><br/>
The forest for the trees :   an editor's advice to writers / 
Betsy Lerner. 
 - 1st Riverhead trade pbk. edition 
 - New York :    Riverhead Books,   2001. 
 - 284 pages :  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-285). 
<br/><br/>Introduction 1<br/>Ch. 1 Ambivalent Writer 13<br/>Ch. 2 Natural 31<br/>Ch. 3 Wicked Child 49<br/>Ch. 4 Self-Promoter 71<br/>Ch. 5 Neurotic 93<br/>Ch. 6 Touching Fire 113<br/>Ch. 7 Making Contact: Seeking Agents and Publication 135<br/>Ch. 8 Rejection 162<br/>Ch. 9 What Editors Want 182<br/>Ch. 10 What Authors Want 209<br/>Ch. 11 Book 232<br/>Ch. 12 Publication 257<br/>Bibliography 278<br/>Acknowledgments 285 
<br/><br/> The shelves are crowded with books on how to write. But as Lerner says, she doesn't plan to Strunk you over the head about style. Instead, on the basis of her close work with writers, she attempts to describe the writer's psyche. Here are stories about those writers who typically help or hurt their own cause as they seek publication. In the first half of the book, she identifies six classic personality types and their attendant behaviors. Lerner understands the anxieties and concerns of writers just getting started as well as those stalled mid-career. In the second half of the book, she takes readers through the publishing process from first contact to first contract to first glowing or gutting review.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781573228572  1573228575 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Autoría<br/>Autores y editores
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN 147  / L616f 2001