The how to turn your writing skills into a successful business Crofts, Andrew 1953- creator text bibliography enk London Piatkus 201 3 2013 New edition. monographic eng 232 p. : 22 cm. Packed with information on how to get started and how to market and sell your work, this comprehensive handbook tells you all you need to know to make a sustainable living doing what you enjoy most. You will discover : how to find ideas, how to get commissioned, how to get published, how modern technology is revolutionising the writing business, and much more.-- Back cover Why do it? -- do you have what it takes? -- Getting started -- Getting comfortable -- Selling your ideas -- Be your own marketing guru -- Finding material -- Writing for newspapers -- Writing for magazines -- Writing non-fiction books -- Writing for the business world -- Travel writing -- Writing for the spoken word -- Writing fiction -- Writing for children -- Ghostwriting -- Writing for film, television and radio -- Writing for the web -- Literary agents - what are they for and how do you get one? -- Subsidiary rights -- The money, the accountant and the taxman -- Helping publishers sell your books -- Self-publishing -- The future for freelancers writers. Andrew Crofts. Includes bibliographical references and index. Authorship Handbooks, manuals, etc Authorship Autoría PN 147 C941f 2013 9780749927639 140916 20230410130531.0 117854