What directions to start in? posted by Sam Rawlins @ Thu, 28 Oct 2010...
In starting to write the writing sample for a book, I’m not sure where to start or where to make a lot of progress. So far I have been just writing where the interest and words come to me. But outside...
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Hi Sam,A few suggestions: don’t start with Chapter 1. That’s the hardest chapter to write, because you need a good sense of your book’s direction and content to write it – which won’t happen till you...
View ArticleWhat directions to start in? posted by Sam Rawlins @ Fri, 29 Oct 2010...
Thanks Susannah!Along the same lines, I was wondering if a lot of the sample ( / first few dozen pages we write) should include some of the most advanced topics we intend to cover. Submitting a sample...
View ArticleWhat directions to start in? posted by Susannah Davidson Pfalzer @ Fri, 29...
Absolutely – especially if this is a writing sample you’ll include with a proposal. It’s not that you have to avoid the basics, but you’re right: your writing sample should show why your book is...
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