Course Description
"How to Get Your Book Published" gives you an inside edge and takes the mystery out of getting published.
It walks you step-by-step on the path that has lead other writers to their success, revealing
the unspoken elements editors, agents and publishers must see in queries, proposals
and synopses. You will learn to write knock-their-socks-off query letters, pizazzy proposals,
snappy synopses, and magnificent masterpiece manuscripts; get hot tips that make the big
difference; and find out secret ways for making those "right" connections. From discovering
why large publishers aren't always the best, to understanding the key ingredients of best-selling
success, this course has been praised for teaching aspiring authors what they are not told,
but must know.
Course Requirements
1. A serious interest in getting your writing published.
2. Have a manuscript in progress or book idea in the creative stages of development.
Course Goals
To outline the steps necessary for getting published. To provide a clear birds-eye
view of editors, agents, publishers,
distributors, and various other aspects of the publishing industry. Impart steps that can give you an edge in getting published, from an insider's perspective
in getting an edge through insider
Reading Materials
There are no required materials for
this course.
The following books are recommended:
1. "Writer's Market" by Katie Struckel Brogan and Robert Brewer; Writers Digest Books, publisher; 1112 pages; $20.00; ISBN: 158297120X; (August 2002)
2. "Guide to Literary Agents" by Rachel Vater; Writers Digest Books, publisher;880 pages; $16.79; ISBN: 1582971463
3. "Every Page Perfect" by Mary Lynn; Toad Hall Press, publisher; 185 pages; $14.95; ISBN 0-9637498-2-X
Grading Policy
There is a total of 90 points possible for this course. Each assignment or quiz has up to 10 points for each.
70% if you want a Certificate of Achievement. Otherwise, grading is not applicable.