The Q's and A's of Interviewing--for Writers

by Cork Millner

312 pages

The Q's and A's of Interviewing--For Writers is a practical step-by-step guide to the interviewing process, and how to write and sell the personality profile.

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About the Book
MAKE ANY ARTICLE SALEABLE! Getting firsthand expert quotes will beef up any nonfiction work and make it more saleable. Learning the interviewing process will enable the writer to add vitality and credibility to a manuscript. WRITE THE PERSONALITY PROFILE! You don't have to interview Harrison Ford or Julia Roberts to sell a personality profile. Fascinating folks with unique lifestyles are everywhere. Editors want writers who can interview the common person who has done something uncommon. THE Q's AND A's OF INTERVIEWING--FOR WRITERS is a practical, step-by-step guide to the interviewing process with chapters on: + How to Get the Interview + Preparing the Question + Conducting the Interview + Writing the Personality Profile + Selling the Finished Manuscript + The Magazine Marketplace + Book Proposals THE Q's AND A's OF INTERVIEWING--FOR WRITERS includes full-length profiles of Sharon Stone, Jonathan Winters and George Washington (yes, George Washington!) as well as authors, Joan Collins, Elmore Leonard and Richard North Patterson.
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Cork Millner has written an A-to-Z book--The Q's and A's of Interviewing--For Writers. If you ever thought about doing interviews, this book is a necessity for every writer's reference shelf. - Writer's Haven Journal I didn't think I was that nice. But then you writers can do miracles. - Karl Malden Cork's interviews hack away the tinsel jungle that we celebrities live in and shows how we live, how we feel, how we think. - Jonathan Winters, Comedian
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About the Author

Celebrity author, Cork Millner has written over 400 magazine articles and 14 books including Portraits, a collection of interviews with such famous people as Ronald Reagan, Julia Child and Jane Seymour. His articles and celebrity profiles have appeared in Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post and Seventeen. His book on non-fiction writing, Write from the Start, was published by Simon & Schuster.