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  • The Book You Need to Read to Write the Book You Want to Write: A Handbook for Fiction Writers

    The Book You Need to Read to Write the Book You Want to Write by Burton, Sarah; Poster, Jem;

    A Handbook for Fiction Writers

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 17 March 2022

    • ISBN 9781009073738
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages298 pages
    • Size 228x154x16 mm
    • Weight 440 g
    • Language English
    • 171

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    Short description:

    An indispensable, jargon-free handbook for any author who wants to fulfil their potential in writing a novel or short story.

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    Long description:

    Have you ever wanted to write a novel or short story but didn't know where to start? If so, this is the book for you. It's the book for anyone, in fact, who wants to write to their full potential. Practical and jargon-free, rejecting prescriptive templates and formulae, it's a storehouse of ideas and advice on a range of relevant subjects, from boosting self-motivation and confidence to approaching agents and publishers. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience as successful writers and inspiring teachers, it will guide you through such essentials as the interplay of memory and imagination; plotting your story; the creation of convincing characters; the uses of description; the pleasures and pitfalls of research; and the editing process. The book's primary aim is simple: to help its readers to become better writers.

    'I can't imagine there are any better books on the subject than this one.' Louis de Bernières

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    Table of Contents:

    1. Getting started; 2. Memory and imagination; 3. Character; 4. Plot and structure I; 5. Plot and structure II; 6. Form and length; 7. Dialogue; 8. Narrative viewpoint and narrative voice; 9. Beginnings and endings; tension and pace; 10. Description; 11. Research; 12. Drawing it all together; 13. Publication and the writing life.

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