The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers

Stars: 5/5
Author: Betsy Lerner
Subjects: Authorship, Authors and Publishers
ISBN: 157322152X (alk. paper)
Copyright Year: 2000
Other Comments: Betsy Lerner's The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers is a book for writers/authors.  The first half of the book is split up into different types of writers and what makes or breaks them in the business.  The second half is about all the different loop holes writers have to jump through to become successful.  In this half, Lerner touches on publication, editors, agents, publicists, author loyalty, and much more.  As an aspiring author, I found this book to be an invaluable tool in my journey to becoming a successful writer.  I would argue the best part about this book is Lerner's encouraging tone and her will to help the writer audience of her book succeed.