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""If you follow only a third of Jean's advice, you'll have a successful book."" — Jeremy Tarcher, Publisher Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc. ""After Jean reworked my first draft, paperback rights sold for $137,000."" — Timmen Cermak, M.D., author of A Time to Heal: "The Road to Recovery for Adult Children of Alcoholics" Mastering the craft and understanding the mechanics of writing self-help and how-to books is the key to getting publishers to take notice of your work. Now, in the first guide to writing self-help and how-to books, Jean Stine offers an insider's view of this growing genre. Her easy-to-follow program takes you step-by-step through the complete writing process. You'll learn the importance of: Structure and Style Clear, easy-to-understand exercises Creating catchy and compelling titles, subtitles, and chapter headings Using lists, charts, and graphs to maximum effect Checklists and other interactive elements Writing a proposal that sells Negotiating permissions for quotations, photos, and illustrations Preparing your manuscript for presentation to a publisher

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Book category Books in English Health & personal development Self-help & personal development

• Full title: Writing Successful Self-help and How-to Books
• Author: Jean Marie Stine
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• EAN: 9780471037392
• ISBN: 0471037397
• ID: 02405375
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Weight: 258 g
• Dimensions: 227 × 155 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. February 1997

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