Demystifying the Nonfiction Book Proposal: The Outline
The second part of the nonfiction book proposal is called The Outline. If you recall, the first part of the proposal is called the Introduction, and included all the sections I’ve discussed in the...
View ArticleDemystifying the Nonfiction Book Proposal: List of Chapters
Inside every nonfiction book proposal you will find two table of contents. The first one appears on the second page of the proposal; it helps an agent or an acquisitions agents find the different parts...
View ArticleDemystifying the Nonfiction Book Proposal: Chapter Summaries
A while back I ran a series here in which I described each section of a nonfiction book proposal. (Find the first post here.) I did not, however, discuss the section called “Chapter Summaries” in...
View ArticleChapter Summaries Help You Prepare to Write and Sell Your Book
This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. At this point in the process, you get to do some real...
View ArticleHow to Evaluate Your Chapter Summaries Prior to Writing Your Book
This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. No matter what type of book you plan to write, once...
View ArticleFlesh Out Your Book Idea: Nonfiction Writing Prompt #13
Now that you have a nonfiction book idea that will fulfill your purpose, provide value to readers and be unique and necessary in its category, it’s time to flesh that idea out. You need to give your...
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