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Tables of Contents for Advice to Writers
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction
ix
Author's Note
xi
Agents
3
3
Characters
6
7
Colleagues
13
3
Critics and Criticism
16
4
Dialogue
20
3
Discouragement
23
7
Drink
30
3
Editors and Editing
33
11
Encouragement
44
13
Genres
57
17
Grammar and Usage
74
8
Material
82
5
Money
87
3
Occupational Hazards
90
4
Plagiarism
94
2
Plot
96
3
Prizes
99
3
Process
102
8
Publicity and Promotion
110
6
Publishers and Publishing
116
4
Punctuation
120
3
Qualifications and Requirements
123
10
The Reader
133
6
Reading
139
5
Rules and Commandments
144
5
The Secret
149
7
Style
156
6
Success and Failure
162
3
Technique
165
3
Tricks of the Trade
168
8
Why You Write
176
3
Words
179
7
Work Habits
186
4
Writer's Block
190
9
The Writer's Life
199
3
Writing Advice
202
5
Selected Bibliography
207
5
Permissions Acknowledgments
212
1
Index
213