The an editor's advice to writers Lerner, Betsy creator nyu New York Riverhead Books 2001 1st Riverhead trade pbk. edition eng 284 pages : 21 cm. 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. Introduction 1 Ch. 1 Ambivalent Writer 13 Ch. 2 Natural 31 Ch. 3 Wicked Child 49 Ch. 4 Self-Promoter 71 Ch. 5 Neurotic 93 Ch. 6 Touching Fire 113 Ch. 7 Making Contact: Seeking Agents and Publication 135 Ch. 8 Rejection 162 Ch. 9 What Editors Want 182 Ch. 10 What Authors Want 209 Ch. 11 Book 232 Ch. 12 Publication 257 Bibliography 278 Acknowledgments 285 Betsy Lerner. Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-285). Autoría Autores y editores PN 147 L616f 2001 9781573228572 1573228575 260421 20261008140317.0 eng