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OUTLINE FOR PROPOSED MANUAL, TO THE BLACK WRITER: BEFORE YOU SIGN INTRODUCTION 1. Brief description of the Black Academy 2. Reasons for developing manual, i.e. exclusion of blacks from all phases of the publishing industry. 3. Brief history of black writers vis-a-vis getting published and recognized CHAPTER I - WHAT DO YOU WRITE? Types of writers (poets, novelists, essayists, playwrights, scholars) Improving skills (schools, writers' workshops, associations) Financial Support (foundations, fellowships and grants) Protecting Your Work (copyrighting procedures) CHAPTER II - GETTING PUBLISHED Agents - pros and cons, procedure Mailing to publications - pros and cons, procedure Mailing to Book publishers - describe hierarchy, best method CHAPTER III - WHEN A PUBLISHER IS FOUND Contracts and advances (magazines, book publishers, journals) average contracts provisions for movies and other rights Promotion and distribution (describe variations, advise) Public Appearances CHAPTER IV - WORKING WITH YOUR PUBLISHER'S STAFF Editing and rewrites (how much is customary?) Customary arrangements - checking artwork, jacket designs selecting photographs Galleys - page proofs APPENDICES I. List of Writers' workshops, associations and schools with excellent departments II. List of Available Grants III. List of Black Publishing Groups IV. List of Agents V. Sample Contract VI. List of Black Bookstores