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The Complete Handbook Of Novel Writing: Everything You Need To Know About Creating & Selling Your Work (Writers Digest)
Get advice from the best in the business on every part of the novel writing and publishing process
In "The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing, 2nd Edition," you'll learn from the invaluable advice of established writers. Discover new ways to generate ideas, implement intriguing techniques, and find the inspiration you need to finish your work. This fully-revised edition in
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I think a strength of this book is each three page section is a stand alone essay. The authors are experienced and credible, and they focus. Typically in writing books the author's energy is spread out over the book. Each chapter is solid, but not as deep as they might be. They are limited by editorial process. In this format each author jumps into the guts of the matter with minimal introduction and maximal force. Still, some of the essays are on the thin, abstract side. They cover topics that...more
This is surprisingly a very dense, thorough, and wonderful collection of essays on writing. It’s not insipid or corny, like books on writing that tell you to let your juices flow and let the angels move you and anyone can write and all that. It’s also not as mean, maybe, as John Gardner. It’s realistic, and I would say it’s probably a better resource for beginning and intermediate writers than a lot of other works. It proves what I often stress, that I’ve learned the most about writing from, and...more
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This book is one of the best sources of advice, knowledge, and inspiration an aspiring writer could hope for. Each section starts with encouraging quotes about writing, and most of the chapters (written by accomplished, published writers) contain guidance and insights into writing habits that will comfort novices persistently doubting their potential and abilities. If you can identify with the mindset of any of the featured writers—and the...more
This book is one of the best sources of advice, knowledge, and inspiration an aspiring writer could hope for. Each section starts with encouraging quotes about writing, and most of the chapters (written by accomplished, published writers) contain guidance and insights into writing habits that will comfort novices persistently doubting their potential and abilities. If you can identify with the mindset of any of the featured writers—and the...more
This book is a good resource for anyone persuing to write short-stories and novels in both fiction and non-fiction. There is a lot of useful tips that can help you not only write your story, but write it well so it can get published.
There's just something about reading how famous authors also struggle with character, or plot or the dreaded writer's block, that really allows you to believe that you CAN write and that your own self doubt shouldn't bog you down.
This book was helpful on many levels and gives lots of different points of view on a variety of topics interesting to aspiring writers. I had my eye opened to a lot of different techniques and ideas that had previously been out of my reach.
This book provides a clear picture from planning, to character development, and beyond. I found it very useful.
There is absolutely some part of this book that all writers will find essential. A must read and re-read.
There are authors I found exceedingly helpful and others where I couldn't understand at all why they had been included as they seemed to do nothing other than state how wonderful they have been.
I hope that with time I will decide that the worthwhile bits outweigh the rest and the book was worth carrying with me half way around the world.
I hope that with time I will decide that the worthwhile bits outweigh the rest and the book was worth carrying with me half way around the world.
Comprehensive collection of essays on the subject.
Been reading it for a while, but what stuck mostly with me was Sue Grafton's idea of journaling about your writing process. Really helpful.
I think it's a good guide to writing, in general, even if you don't have plans to write a book anytime soon.
Excellent. Very helpful advice for aspiring writers.
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