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Author Fagan, Brian M.

Title Writing archaeology : telling stories about the past / Brian Fagan
Published Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (175 pages)
Contents Preface; 1. Come, Let Me Tell You a Tale; 2. Articles and Columns; 3. Genesis; 4. The Proposal: Narrative and Outline; 5. Chapters, Editors, and Agents; 6. Writing the First Draft; 7. Revision, Revision; 8. Production and Beyond; 9. Textbooks; Conclusion; Resources for Writers; References; About the Author
Summary America's best-known popular author of archaeology distills decades of experience in this brief guide designed to help others wanting to broaden the audience for their work. Brian Fagan's no nonsense approach explains how to get started writing, how to use the tools of experienced writers to make archaeology come alive for the general public, and how to get your work revised and finished. He also describes the process by which publishers decide to accept your work, and the track your publication will follow after it is accepted by a press. Dealing with several genres of popular publication-art
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173)
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Subject Archaeology -- Authorship
Report writing.
Archaeological literature -- Publishing
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
Archaeological literature -- Publishing
Archaeology -- Authorship
Report writing
Archeologie.
Overlevering.
Archéologie -- Documentation -- Édition.
Reportage.
Archéologie.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005932026
ISBN 9781598747515
1598747517