Bibliograph

Publish this book, the unbelievable, ¹ true ²story of how I wrote, sold, and publishe this very book³ : ¹unforgettable, heatwrenching inexplicably profance, ² for the most part, ³that you re about the read, by Stephen Markley

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Publish this book, the unbelievable, ¹ true ²story of how I wrote, sold, and publishe this very book³ : ¹unforgettable, heatwrenching inexplicably profance, ² for the most part, ³that you re about the read, by Stephen Markley

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eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Publish this book

Nature of contents

bibliography

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435801995

Responsibility statement

by Stephen Markley

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the unbelievable, ¹ true ²story of how I wrote, sold, and publishe this very book³ : ¹unforgettable, heatwrenching inexplicably profance, ² for the most part, ³that you re about the read

Table Of Contents

The gist -- Where to begin -- Chicago-based freelance writer -- The parts of this book that belong in the toilet -- Nick hornby must be in this book -- Forget this book -- Autobiographical digression #1: leaving behind the skin from your knees -- How to get rejected -- And in the meantime life goes on -- Chicago cold -- And the good news? -- The call -- Autobiographical digression #2: confessions of a campus firebrand -- Whose opinion counts -- Please don't fact-check this chapter -- Expansive, self-critical, honest, jumpy, surprising, self-confident, cynical, smart, and very, very funny -- Wrong-headed, condescending toward the reader, self-involved, and unintentionally revealing -- Never start a story with dialogue -- The chapter I called 'Wildheart' -- The footnotes -- So you know what happens with this book -- Autobiographical digression #3: why we write -- This book, published

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