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WHY WAS I REJECTED?
This is the question most writers—novice and veteran alike—must ask themselves. In today’s ultra-competitive publishing industry, editors and literary agents receive thousands of manuscripts each year; out of necessity, most manuscripts are not read past the first five pages.
Active literary agent Noah Lukeman, President of Lukeman Literary Management Ltd, a literary agency based in New York, has read over 10,000 manuscripts in the last 10 years and has authored two bestselling books on the craft of writing. In this course, the first online course he has agreed to teach, he will show you why and how most manuscripts, from an agent’s perspective, are rejected before they even have a chance, and put you on the road towards acceptance.
Revealing the elements necessary to good writing—whatever genre—this course will show you how to catch an agent’s or editor’s attention, and how to make your writing stand out from the competition. Mr. Lukeman will teach you how to avoid the pitfalls that so many writers fall into, including:
FROM REJECTION TO ACCEPTANCE will help novelists, journalists, screenwriters and poets alike sharpen their technique and take their art to a higher level. It is an essential course for any writer serious about getting published.
He will offer guidance, assign exercises to be self-evaluated, and answer your questions.
Noah Lukeman, President of Lukeman Literary Management Ltd., represents a broad range of authors, including New York Times bestsellers and winners of the Pultizer Prize, American Book Award, and National Book Award Finalists. Prior to becoming an agent he worked on the editorial side of several publishers, and as Manager in the New York office of Artists Management Group. Mr. Lukeman is himself the author of the bestselling THE FIRST FIVE PAGES: A Writer's Guide to Staying out of the Rejection Pile, and THE PLOT THICKENS: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life. He is also author of the recently published A DASH OF STYLE: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation. He has contributed to Poets & Writers, Writers Digest, The Writer, AWP Chronicle and others, and has been anthologized by Viking in The Practical Writer. He has been a guest speaker on the subjects of writing and publishing at numerous forums, including the Wallace Stegner writing program at Stanford University, the Writers Digest Panel at Book Expo America, and Riker's Island Penitentiary.
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"This course [Proper Formatting Technique: How to Create a Compelling and Professional Screenplay] should be required because it lays a proper foundation! And what can you do if you don't have that?"
- Joe Lemmon