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The First Five Pages

A Writer'S Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection P

By: Noah Lukeman

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The First Five Pages

A Writer'S Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection P

By: Noah Lukeman

IF YOU'RE TIRED OF REJECTION, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. Whether you are a novice writer or a veteran who has already had your work published, rejection is often a frustrating reality. Literary agents and editors receive and reject hundreds of manuscripts each month. While it's the job of these publishing professionals to be discriminating, it's the job of the writer to produce a manuscript that immediately stands out among the vast competition. And those outstanding qualities, says New York literary agent Noah Lukeman, have to be apparent from the first five pages. The First Five Pages reveals the necessary elements of good writing, whether it be fiction, nonfiction, journalism, or poetry, and points out errors to be avoided, such as * A weak opening hook * Overuse of adjectives and adverbs * Flat or forced metaphors or similes * Melodramatic, commonplace or confusing dialogue * Undeveloped characterizations and lifeless settings * Uneven pacing and lack of progression With exercises at the end of each chapter, this invaluable reference will allow novelists, journalists, poets and screenwriters alike to improve their technique as they learn to eliminate even the most subtle mistakes that are cause for rejection. The First Five Pages will help writers at every stage take their art to a higher -- and more successful -- level.

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1451623739

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The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life

By: Noah Lukeman

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As a literary agent, Noah Lukeman hears thousands of book pitches a year. Often the stories sound great in concept, but never live up to their potential on the page. Lukeman shows beginning and advanced writers how to implement the fundamentals of successful plot development, such as character building and heightened suspense and conflict. Writers will find it impossible to walk away from this invaluable guide---a veritable fiction-writing workshop---without boundless new ideas. “One of the best-ever books about the craft of writing. It is a book that can change the world of every writer who embraces Lukeman's ideas. His classroom on paper should be on every writer's shelf to be read again and again.” --Authorlink

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1094374598

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It's Ice Cream Time!

By: Noah Lukeman

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It's Ice Cream Time!

By: Noah Lukeman

This fun, light-hearted book will keep children highly entertained as it describes all the different ways to eat and enjoy ice cream! It also teaches them about making choices along the way as it discusses different flavors, different toppings, and different ways to eat ice cream!

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Morgan Rice

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1632914530

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9781632914538

A Trip to the Amusement Park

By: Noah Lukeman

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A Trip to the Amusement Park

By: Noah Lukeman

This fun, light-hearted book will make children feel as if they have taken a trip away! It describes all of their favorite rides and fun things to do at the amusement park! Around on the Ferris Wheel, down the lazy river, and spinning in teacups, this book is bound to keep children at the edge of their seats.

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1632914875

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The First Five Pages

A Writer'S Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection P

By: Noah Lukeman

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The Tragedy of Macbeth, Part II: The Seed of Banquo

By: Noah Lukeman

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The Tragedy of Macbeth, Part II: The Seed of Banquo

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“An audacious achievement.” --Jennifer Lee Carrell, Ph.D. (Harvard) New York Times Bestselling author of Interred With Their Bones/The Shakespeare Secret “Lukeman’s sequel to the Scottish play succeeds as both a fascinating literary exercise and an entertaining play in its own right….[A] poetic, well-paced drama.” —Booklist Recommended Reading, New York Magazine Fall Preview In 1610, The Tragedy of Macbeth was first performed. 400 years later: the sequel, written as a five-act play in blank verse. Ten years king, Malcolm sits on an uneasy throne. If Malcolm’s mind is haunted by the ghosts of his royal father (“gracious Duncan”) as well as the thane and lady who so bloodily betrayed him, Malcolm’s soul is sickened, as was Macbeth’s, by the witches’ prophecy that from Banquo’s seed would spring a line of Scottish kings: a prophecy that remained unfulfilled at the end of Shakespeare’s play. The witches also taunt Malcolm with riddles all his own: that sorrows will visit him from Ireland (where his younger brother fled upon their father’s death); that his love for Macbeth will breed fresh treachery. True to the Shakespearean model, its devious plot unfolding in five acts and its speech set to the measure of blank verse, Macbeth, Part II, draws bold the tragedy of a powerful man undone by the terrors he imagines and the truths he fails to see. "Noah Lukeman's bold sequel to Macbeth, written in blank verse, is a fierce, memory-ridden love letter to Shakespeare, and an enthralling reminder that, in our imagination, Shakespeare's greatest plays have no end." --Nigel Cliff, author of The Shakespeare Riots “Lukeman did a top-notch job creating a fresh play in the style of Shakespeare. The story moves quite briskly, and takes quite a few intriguing twists....The rhythm of the words and the drama of the story would make for quite a suspenseful and entertaining show.” —Fashionista Piranha “Lukeman truly has mastered the Shakespearian art and created a play that can stand as a sequel to the great Shakespearian play.” —A.M. Perez, Amanda's Weekly Zen

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1632915197

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The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II

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A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

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1681770032

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Inside CentCom

The Unvarnished Truth About The Wars In Afghanistan And Iraq

By: Michael DeLong,Noah Lukeman

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The Unvarnished Truth About The Wars In Afghanistan And Iraq

By: Michael DeLong,Noah Lukeman

General Mike DeLong deputy commander of the U.S. Central Command during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars was second only to General Tommy Franks in the war on terror. At the centre of discussions between President Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, and Tommy Franks, General DeLong offers the frankest and most authoritative look inside the wars-how the US prepared for battle, how they fought, how two regimes were loppled-and what's happening now.

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1621571246

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A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation

By: Noah Lukeman

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A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation

By: Noah Lukeman

Takes the straitjacket off punctuation…Lukeman's wit and insight make this an instant classic." —M. J. Rose The first practical and accessible guide to the art of punctuation for creative writers. Punctuation reveals the writer: haphazard commas, for example, reveal haphazard thinking; clear, lucid breaks reveal clear, lucid thinking. Punctuation can be used to teach the writer how to think and how to write. This short, practical book shows authors the benefits that can be reaped from mastering punctuation: the art of style, sentence length, meaning, and economy of words. There are full-length chapters devoted to the period, the comma, the semicolon, the colon, quotation marks, the dash and parentheses, the paragraph and section break, and a cumulative chapter on integrating them all into "The Symphony of Punctuation." Filled with exercises and examples from literary masters (Why did Poe and Melville rely on the semicolon? Why did Hemingway embrace the period?), A Dash of Style is interactive, highly engaging, and a necessity for creative writers as well as for anyone looking to make punctuation their friend instead of their mysterious foe.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393072320

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The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life

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Do Snakes Wear Socks?

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Do Snakes Wear Socks?

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This fun, light-hearted book will keep children laughing out loud as it asks if animals wear clothing. It also teaches them along the way about articles of clothing, who wears them and when, while using alliteration to keep them experimenting with language. All while having a great laugh!

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The Tragedy of Macbeth

The seed of Banquo

By: Noah Lukeman

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The seed of Banquo

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Ten years after the death of his predecessor, uneasy new king Malcolm is haunted by the ghosts of his father's betrayers and taunted by the three witches' prophecy about a line of Scottish kings descending from Banquo.

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1605980110

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A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation

By: Noah Lukeman

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The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II

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Book's by Noah Lukeman

The First Five Pages

The First Five Pages

The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life

The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life

It's Ice Cream Time!

It's Ice Cream Time!

A Trip to the Amusement Park

A Trip to the Amusement Park

The First Five Pages

The First Five Pages

The Tragedy of Macbeth, Part II: The Seed of Banquo

The Tragedy of Macbeth, Part II: The Seed of Banquo

The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II

The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II

Inside CentCom

Inside CentCom

A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation

A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation

The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life

The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life

Do Snakes Wear Socks?

Do Snakes Wear Socks?

The Tragedy of Macbeth

The Tragedy of Macbeth

A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation

A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation

The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II

The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II

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