num_pages: 208
description: If you're a writer, you know rejection. If you're tired of rejection this is the book for you.Literary agents and editors receive and reject hundreds of manuscripts every month. While it's the job of publishing professionals to be discriminating, it's the job of the writer to produce a manuscript that immediately stands out among its competition. In this book, New York literary agent and author Noah Lukeman explains how to avoid the rejection pile by making the outstanding qualities of your manuscript apparent within the first five pages.(The above is quoted from back cover.)
language: English
title: The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
titlecomplete: The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
genres: How To, Technical, Self Help, Adult, Reference, Research, School, Writing, Crafts, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 3546
publisher: Fireside