MS Word Features For Writers

Fiction Proposal Sell Sheet
The sell sheet is the second page of your fiction proposal. Not all agents or publishers require a sell sheet, but some do. Even if they don’t, it doesn’t hurt to add a sell sheet to your proposal. Your sell sheet should include the following elements: Promo Sentence Sales Handle: These are sometimes called loglines or taglines. This is one sentence or a couple of short sentences, sometimes just a phrase, that gets you interested in the book. To get an idea of how to write a sales handle, look at best-selling novels or popular movies. Here’s a few good ones. The Patriot: Before they were soldiers, they were

Writing Challenge: Last Week – Nov. 22-30
This is the last week for the writing challenge, but I’ve decided to have another on in March. There won’t be a prize for this week, but the grand prize for total words written will be announced on December 1st. The grand prize is the book, “Writing the Breakout Novel” by Donald Maas. The totals for last week are as follows: Tamera Kraft (That’s me, but I don’t count for the prize) – 10,024 words Total – 30,090 Lorna G. Poston – (didn’t post last week) Total – 4,588 Janice Green – 3,244 words Total – 18,571 Faith – 11,647 words Total – 46,605 Newmauldon – 5,228 words Total â€

10 Things I’m Thankful For
Because of the Thanksgiving holidays, I won’t be blogging for the rest of this week except to post word counts. I did repost “The History of the Pilgrims” on my Faith-filled Historical Blog at this link. But I also wanted to post the things I’m thankful for. I’m thankful God wants a relationship with me so much that He would send Christ to die on the cross for me. I’m thankful for the wonderful husband I’ve been married to for almost 31 years. I’m thankful for my children who have grown up to be godly. I’m thankful f

The Fiction Proposal
Most agents and publishers at some point during the submission process ask for a proposal. There are many books and articles out there that teach how to write a non-fiction proposal but very few about fiction proposals. For the next few posts after Thanksgiving, I’ll cover different aspect of the fiction proposal. This post covers what should be in a proposal and how to format it. Different agents and editors require various things in their proposals. My recommendation is to write a full proposal. If you do this, you can delete certain parts not needed for your submissions, but you won’t have to rewrite a new proposal for each agent. Here’s what you should have in

The Synopsis
Most publishers and agents ask for a synopsis when you submit. If you need a proposal, the synopsis is almost always a part of that proposal. I recommend you write a three page synopsis and one page synopsis. The requirements for submissions vary, so if you have both lengths on hand you should be all right. The thing to remember about a synopsis is it will be the worst writing you’ve ever done. Here’s some things that might help you write your synopsis. A synopsis is the summary of a full length novel. This means you have to tell the story in as few words as possible. This is the time for you to tell, not show. The fir