The Marshall Plan for Getting Your Novel Published: 90 Strategies and Techniques for Selling Your Fiction [Paperback]

Evan Marshall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2004

In this, the third book in the popular Marshall Plan series, noted author and agent Evan Marshall focuses readers on making a good novel better and taking the next step of sending their work to editors and agents - all with an insider's knowledge. He teaches them how to: Improve dialogue, tension and pace; Edit for clarity, concision and correctness; Approach agents and editors the right way; Evaluate their relationships with editors and publishers; Successfully promote their novel; Outline steps for a dream career path; In all, readers will find 90 no-nonsense tips for writing professional-quality fiction, plus detailed advice on submitting their work, selecting - and working with - a publisher and promoting their finished novel.

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About the Author

Evan Marshall is a successful literary agent and author with nearly 30 years of publishing experience. A true industry insider, he's written The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing and The Marshall Plan Workbook, as well as several mysteries.

Product Details

• Paperback: 246 pages
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books (October 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582973210
• ISBN-13: 978-1582973210
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,181,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Evan Marshall is an internationally recognized expert on fiction writing and author of the "Hidden Manhattan" and "Jane Stuart and Winky" mystery series. A former book editor, for 27 years he has been a leading literary agent specializing in fiction. His Marshall Plan® Novel Writing Software, written with Martha Jewett, is an adaptation of his bestselling Marshall Plan® series.

Marshall Plan® blogs:
http://www.WriteANovelFast.com
http://www.WriteYourMemoir.com

Psychology Today - The Literary Life:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-literary-life

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/TheMarshallPlanet

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/MarshallPlanet

Evan Marshall's mysteries:
http://www.evan-marshall.com

Evan's LinkedIn Profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/themarshallplanet

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Nuts and Bolts Advice, February 6, 2005

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Tom Head (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Marshall Plan for Getting Your Novel Published: 90 Strategies and Techniques for Selling Your Fiction (Paperback)

Not much of that arthouse stuff here, folks. Ambigous ramblings on the mystery of the craft are noticably absent. That's because ambiguity and mystery are precisely what this book serves to erradicate.

Having read and benefited from Marshall's earlier works on writing, my hopes for this one were high. Mr. Marshall did not dissapoint. Face it, we glad men and women in the army of the unpublished are amateurs--but we don't have to present ourselves as such. He doesn't cotton to our "foster your creativity" sort of needs; he takes us to boot camp, shows us what it's going to take to become writers. I loved it. More than that, I needed it: From shoring up my plot and pace to letting me know exactly what my ms., cover letter, synopsis, etc. needed to convey and look like. Want to break into print? Start with "The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing". Then get this one. Years from now, if you are honest with yourself, you'll be glad you did.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, December 16, 2004

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David A. Spearman (Harbor Beach, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Marshall Plan for Getting Your Novel Published: 90 Strategies and Techniques for Selling Your Fiction (Paperback)

As a child learns the ABC's so the neophyte writer begins their quest toward their desired craft of story telling. This book has helped me tremendously. Having finished my novel I didn't know the first step toward becoming published. This book has given me that information and much more. The final sentence Quote 'You can't not write' should speak for all avid readers that someday pickup their pen (word processor?) and begin their long awaited novel. If I never succeed into print I will spend the rest of my life writing and reading, I can think of anything I'd rather do.
A great book of instruction, don't miss it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Advice, August 22, 2005

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Patty Apostolides "Author" (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Marshall Plan for Getting Your Novel Published: 90 Strategies and Techniques for Selling Your Fiction (Paperback)

The author clearly knows how to write as well as to describe the writing process. I particularly liked the innovative and astute observations he uses on several aspects on writing a novel...ranging from using careful placement of the viewpoint, to knowing when to describe characters or places in the story.
Very succinct, and with plenty of writing examples, Evan Marshall gained a foothold in my library of writing books. Every serious writer should read this book.