Writer's Digest University: Everything You Need to Write and Sell Your Work

by The Writer's Digest

Everything You need to Write and Sell Your Work

This is the ultimate crash course in writing and publishing Inside you'll find comprehensive instruction, up-to-date market listings, a CD featuring recorded live webinars with industry professionals, an all-access pass to WritersMarket.com, and more. "Writer's Digest University" is the perfect resource for you, no matter your experience level.

This one-stop resource contains:

Quick and comprehensive answers to common questions including: "How do I write a successful novel?" and "How do I know if self-publishing is right for me?"
Instruction and examples for formatting and submitting fiction, nonfiction, articles, children's writing, scripts, and verse.
Advanced instruction on business-related issues like marketing and publicity, using social media, freelancing for corporations, keeping finances in order, and setting the right price for your work.
A detailed look at what agents want and how to get one that best fits your needs.
Market listings for publishers and agents open to unsolicited work and new writers, contests and awards, and conferences and workshops.
A CD with recordings of 4 popular WD webinars: How Do I Get My Book Published?, How to Land a Literary Agent, How Writers Can Succeed in the Future of Digital Publishing, and Freelance Basics.
A scratch-off code that gives you a one-year subscription to WritersMarket.com and a 20% discount on the Writer'sDigestUniversity.com course of your choice.

Get started now with everything you need to build a thriving writing career. Whether you're starting from scratch or have a bit of experience, you'll find the tools you need for success.

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction

528 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 4, 2010

Reviews

[R.E.S. Tidmore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read, but for beginners.

[Mindy Winograd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent reference book. Good place to start your journey into publishing.

[Sarah Brubaker · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gave a very thorough and comprehensive overview of the publishing industry. I found it extremely helpful. I grabbed it because I’m going to pursue publishing for a novel and I had no idea how to do that, and I came out feeling very well-grounded in my understanding of the process.
Because the book is so comprehensive and contains so much information, I couldn’t exactly read it straight through. However, it’s very well-organized in that I could just find particular chapters I wanted to read individually.
The most helpful section was “Formatting and Submitting Your Work.” I only read the novel chapter, which provided in-depth descriptions of each element of the novel package that might be asked for by an agent or editor. Each element of the package was described in full, along with lists of dos and don’ts and formatted examples.
I couldn’t ask for a better writing resource. I am sure that I will need to refer to it many times throughout my writing career.

[Rex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great source of info. I am currently learning to properly format articles for magazine submissions. WDU online has a great deal more information on which magazines are currently looking for submissions, length the articles should be and how to submit.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A course on writing produced by Writer's Digest Magazine. The first quarter is a question and answer format before moving on to instruction on techniques with examples. A listing of literary agents is included with short statements about each. There is a CG-ROM included.

[Steven Atwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book gives some book tips, but what I like best is the 12 month subscription to writers market.