Publication Strategies
Publishing your writing is the end goal to the creative writing process. It is an exciting step, but it can also be difficult. In order to help writers with publication, the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) disseminates information about all aspects of the publication process and provides many services for writers looking to improve and publish their work. This resource and others will help you find a potential publisher for the short story you developed in Weeks 1–4. For this Discussion, you will write a query letter appropriate to the publisher and post it in the Discussion Forum thread to give and receive feedback from your peers.
To prepare for this Discussion:
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 3 a 2- to 3-paragraph evaluation of at least one strategy for writing a query letter directed to a publisher. Be sure to cite at least two of this week’s Learning Resources and to include the following:
Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to the week’s Learning Resources, or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
Respond by Day 5 to at least one of your colleague’s postings in one or more of the following ways:
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.
REPLY QUOTE 1 month agoChad Husted WALDEN INSTRUCTOR MANAGER Tips for the week 5 discussion (read before you post)COLLAPSE
For this week’s discussion you will evaluate strategies for writing effective query letters to publishers.
Make sure you read the discussion instructions carefully, and make you cite at least 2 examples from this week’s resources in your main post.
You will write a query letter as part of your week 5 application assignment, so reflecting on effective strategies (for writing this type of letter) will help you write a letter of your own later in the week.
For convenience, I will re-post the most pertinent parts of the week 5 discussion instructions below.
Chad.
To prepare for this Discussion:
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 3 a 2- to 3-paragraph evaluation of at least one strategy for writing a query letter directed to a publisher. Be sure to cite at least two of this week’s Learning Resources and to include the following:
Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to the week’s Learning Resources, or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.
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