The Canadian Writer's Guide is the most comprehensive tool available to Canadian writers today. Completely revised and updated, it draws on the expertise of a wide variety of professionals including CBC Radio broadcaster Marjorie Doyle; arts and entertainment lawyer Marian Dingman Hebb; novelist and speech-writer Matt Hughes; songwriter Bruce Madole; and Nebula and Canadian Authors Association award-winning science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer.
It also includes valuable insight and advice from a further 85 professional writers from the United States, Europe, Australia and across Canada.
This edition contains over 130 new and updated "how-to" articles on diverse areas of international publishing, including:
| - ideas & inspiration |
- character development |
| - copywriting |
- book contracts |
| - fiction |
- editing |
| - periodicals |
- biographies |
| - personal essays |
- children's books |
| - speechwriting |
- poetry |
| - songwriting |
- radio commentaries |
| - the Internet |
- stage and film |
| - overcoming writer's block |
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New to this edition is a valuable listing of writing schools, workshops and
retreats. The Writer's Reference section also includes a thorough listing of writer's organizations, awards and fellowships, literary agents, and granting agencies. It also contains the most comprehensive compilation of Canadian contests for
writers available anywhere.
This edition of The Canadian Writer's Guide continues a fifty-year
tradition for the Canadian Authors Association, resulting in the most comprehensive reference published, especially for Canadian writers of all genres and all skill levels.
Reviews:
"This is the most comprehensive source available for Canadian information relevant to writers, and an essential tool for any writer aspiring to be published in Canada."
-- Canadian Book Review Annual
"A great resource for writers who are just starting out in the business, as well as those who want to become more professional in their work...This is a book you'll take off the shelf when you're stuck and looking for advice on becoming unstuck."
-- Sources
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