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Lorraine Mace |
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Contents of The Writer’s ABC Checklist |
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A Abbreviations Accrediting Sources Acquiring Rights Agents – When and how to approach them Angles – Old ideas with a new perspective Anniversary Pitches Articles – Checking the structure
B Biography – Writing a short author’s bio Books: Researching the market Choosing the right publisher
C Children’s Picture Books Clichés Clips Competitions Computers Consistency: Character traits Dialect Names Setting Spelling Weights and Measures Continuity Covering Letters
D Dates Dialogue Discipline – Staying on topic
E E-books Edit Editors (Magazines): The right approach The wrong approach Editors – Who they are & what they do Envelopes & sae
F Feedback Fees Fillers Final Checks Foreign Words & Phrases
G Grammar: Sentence structure and length Split Infinitives Vocabulary Groundwork or Guesswork Guidelines
H Hooks House Style Humour
I Illustrations Inclusive Language Indexing Interviews Invoicing
J Jargon & Slang
K Keeping Copies Keeping Records Kill Fees
L Layout & Formatting: Bullet Points Chapter Formatting for Books Fonts Footnotes and Endnotes Headers and Footers Italics Line Spacing & Paragraphs Margins Numbering Pages Radio Stage Television Legal: Contracts Copyright Hearsay Libel Letterheads |
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M Marketing Markets: Home Overseas Multiple Submissions
N Newspapers Nom de Plume Notebooks Numbers
O Opinion Pieces Originality Outlines
P Padding Photography Plagiarism Point of View Preparation Press Release Professionalism Proofreading Publishers – When and how to approach them Punctuation: Apostrophes – Misused and missing Colons Commas Ellipsis Exclamation Marks Hyphens and Dashes Quotation Marks Semicolons
Q Queries Quotes: Attributing quotes Famous quotes Pullout quotes
R Rejections Research: Checking Fact finding Revision & Resubmitting
S Serial Rights Sidebars Spelling & Grammar – Common Errors to Avoid Synopsis
T Tense Theme Title Page Titles Topics Travel Writing Typing
U Unbiased Opinions
V Vanity Publishers
W Websites & Blogs Word Count Writers’ Groups: Local Online Writing for the Web
X The X Factor
Y Yours sincerely – Examples of letters: Agent Editor Publisher
Z ZZZZ – Sleep on it
Additional Information
What happens after a publisher shows interest? Addresses Awards & Prizes Resources for writers: Books Magazines Websites Glossary of useful terms |
