Table of Contents

An Introduction to Publishing
- The Lifecycle of a Book
- A Beginner's Guide to Publishing Models
- The Mathematics of Publishing

Writing Your Book
- Writing Strategies
- How to Write a Killer Opening
- Writing Dialogue that Sounds Right
- Creating Fictional Worlds
- Writing Believable Characters

Revising Your Book
- How to Edit Your Own Work
- Strategies for Rewrites

Submitting and Publishing Your Book
- How to Perfect Your Submission
- Life as an Author
- Self Publishing

Promotional Information

‘Contains everything you need to know to get published’ – Adam Kay, ‘Shut up and listen to everything he has to say’‍ – Caimh McDonnell, 'One of the best in the game' – Ian Critchley

About the Author

Scott Pack is editor-at-large at Eye and Lightning Books. He was formerly head buyer at Waterstones and a senior editor at Harper Collins. He also has an editorial role at Unbound and runs successful Guardian Masterclasses for writers.

Reviews

‘A guide to writing, editing, submitting and publishing – as the book’s subtitle says – from an industry perspective. A friendly, useful, realistic, up-to-date and detailed guide to what to expect from and with agents and publishers (as well as with non-traditional ways into publication), and how to approach them professionally. A great addition to any shelf of writery books. Recommended’ – 255 Book Review, ‘Quite different from any other writing guide I’ve ever come across’ – Antonia Honeywell, Booktime Brunch