Description: New in new dust jacket. 217 pages. Pristine first edition. Kept in a light-proof drawer for over 25 years. Superb! From Publishers Weekly: Potter maintains that to get published, an aspiring writer must be "merely competent, " not great nor even necessarily good. With this pragmatic outlook, the retired publisher and editor offers advice and pointers in areas ranging from journalism, memoirs and history through fiction and poetry to how-tos, cookbooks, business and technical writing, and humor. Potter presents a pedantic discussion of what constitutes "good, " "better" and "best" writing, larded with examples from Plutarch, Nabokov, Audubon, Pepys, Lincoln Steffens, physicist Stephen Hawking, etc. Part publishing memoir, part pep talk, this guide covers too broad a field too sparsely, although beginning writers will find many useful tidbits drawn from the author's own experiences.
Price: 3.95 USD
Location: Bronxville, New York
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Subject Area: education
Custom Bundle: No
MPN: n/a
Item Length: 1 inch
Subject: writing
Series: n/a
Item Height: 8.5 inches
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education
Personalized: No
Features: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 6 inches
Number of Pages: 217
Author: Clarkson N. Clarkson Potter Staff
Publication Name: Writing for Publication
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 1990
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.6 Oz
