Right Before You Write: The Groundbreaking Planning Process Used to Win More Than $385 Million in Competitive Grant Awards - Softcover

O'Brien, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981621600 ISBN 13: 9780981621609

Publisher: Sandy Point Ink Llc, 2008

Synopsis

Maintaining that effective grant proposals tell a tale, this innovative program provides a step-by-step guide to key planning strategies that are essential to know before writing even begins. With practical advice and clear examples, this handbook demonstrates how storytelling techniques of Hollywood’s top screenwriters can help program planners hone vague ideas into compelling concepts imbued with structure and real-life drama that are more likely to capture the attention of funding agencies. Using "Jon's Almost World Famous Seven Cs!" a fun, easy-to-follow, seven-step blueprint to designing winning grant proposals everyone from novices to professionals will better their thinking and, in the process, better their chances of winning competitive grants.

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan O’Brien, ThD, is a screenwriting instructor at Santa Barbara City College, a program designer, and a grant writer. He is a former CBS program executive and a creator and a former cohost of the NPR radio program Beyond Words. He lives in Lompoc, California.

Review:

Axiom Business Book Awards 2009 Silver Award Winner: General Business/Economics Category

Finalist, Business: Writing & Publishing National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. Semi-Finalist, General Business/Economics

Annual Terry McAdam Book Award

2009 Bill Fisher Award

"Soars light-years beyond the 'business as usual' approach to grant writing . . . Take this book at its title: it’s not really about making you write better, it’s about making you think smarter, long before you commit a single word to paper."  Gail Willumsen, Emmy Award winning writer and producer, Gemini Productions

"Required reading for all our writers."  Kristina Brook, MA, owner, K&M Enterprises: Research & Fund Development

"At last . . . a book that tells you what you really need to know about the art of successful grant writing. The author’s experience, passion and humor bring a unique perspective to this book that is filled with practical advice and clear examples."  Cheryl Gourgouris, director, Program-Richstone Family Center

"This is the funniest book about writing I've ever read and also the most serious."  Jim Barnes, managing editor, Independent Publisher Online Book Contest

About this edition

• Publisher: Sandy Point Ink Llc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0981621600
• ISBN 13: 9780981621609
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 315