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See Jane Write

A Girl's Guide to Writing Chick Lit
Quirk Books By Sarah Mlynowski
and Farrin Jacobs

5-1/8 x 8 in; 192 pp ;
Paperback
Published in June, 2006
ISBN 1594741158
ISBN13 9781594741159

$14.95  

See Jane Write -- With chick lit novels popping up on every bestseller list, millions of readers are all thinking the same thing: I could write this stuff and never go back to the office again! And here's the guide that will show you how. Bestselling novelist Sarah Mlynowski and veteran chick lit editor Farrin Jacobs cover every stage of developing and selling your novel, with chapters on:

• Developing an idea
• Deciding on a point of view
• Making your characters likable
• Learning the basics of plotting, pacing, and conflict
• Finding an agent

This book also features humorous tips and advice from scores of established writers (including Meg Cabot, Melissa Senate, and Sophie Kinsella). If you've got stories to tell, See Jane Write will take care of the rest!

Sarah Mlynowski is the author of Fishbowl, As Seen on TV, Monkey Business, Me vs. Me, Bras & Broomsticks, and Frogs & French Kisses and coeditor of the bestselling chick lit anthologies Girls' Night In and Girls' Night Out. Her first novel, Milkrun, sold more than 700,000 copies worldwide. She lives in New York City.

Farrin Jacobs is a former chick lit editor for Red Dress Ink and current freelance editor and writer.