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| About the Book | |
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the Book of Genesis and the plays of Shakespeare, to Oprah's Book Club,
enduring--and wildly popular--books and stories feature certain elements
that MAKE them wildly popular. In this book (newly expanded and revised) a hard-bitten, hard-working editor reveals the untold elements without which, your book CANNOT hope to climb the best-seller lists. Whether your work is fiction or non-fiction, you must include certain strategies (or "reader bait") before you start writing--or revising. In this order: 1) The Paranoia Formula 2) Best Seats in the House 3) Gifted Underdogs 4) A Kind and Trusty Guide 5) Every Fact Tells a Story 6) The Slope of Curiosity 7) Progress, Wisdom, Evolution Then finally (triumphantly!)you need "The Ultimate Strategy," which separates best-selling sheep from remainder-table, bargain-book goats. That extra chapter is included in this e-book edition, available for the first time ever. |
| About the Author | |
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Tam Mossman
edited The Amityville Horror, W.C. Fields & Me,
and other best-sellers. After 35 years in the publishing biz, he reveals
which elements will make your book sell like hotcakes--or doom it to certain
death. |
