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William Noble Paul S. Eriksson
Noble’s three essential questions will help you get started: ‘what’s happening’, ‘where am I?’ and ‘who am I?’. For anyone who doesn’t quite know how to get going, or who has been suffering from writer’s block, this personal advice is what you need. Noble’s rules provide a sound springboard for creativity. Fiction Writing |
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Josip Novakovich Writer's Digest Books
Ten creative writing classes with exercises for the writer to follow. Recommended by our Reviewer. Fiction Writing |
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Dianne Doubtfire Teach Yourself Books
Straightforward practical handbook which shows you how to get started, develop your writing talent, acquire the necessary skills and get published. Fiction Writing |
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Sarah Harrison Allison & Busby
Lively personal guide to how to write a commercial blockbuster from bestselling author. Fiction Writing |
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E Marshall Walking Stick Press
The author, an experienced editor and agent, imposes a specific structure, giving a clear approach to planning, plotting, writing and finishing a successful novel in 16 steps designed to simplify the novel-writing process. Many novices will find this extremely helpful. Includes how to lay the foundations for writing a successful novel, targeting a specific genre and using basic guidelines to determine length and plot. Fiction Writing |
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Michael Seidman Writer's Digest Books
The author draws on 30 years of editorial experience to demonstrate how to be your own book doctor, showing you how to think like an editor as you take your work from first draft to final revision. Fiction Writing |
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Anne Bernays, Pamela Painter HarperCollins Publishers
Useful book with short chapters and many exercises relating to various elements of fiction - dialogue, plot, characterization, point-of-view, etc. - and present specific problems to solve through writing. Directed toward both beginners and professional writers, it provides a mini-workshop for improving your own writing - particularly helpful for beginners. Fiction Writing |
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Jean Saunders Allison & Busby
Described by bestselling author Sarah Harrison as ‘clear, encouraging and absolutely professional’, this uses many examples to help you improve your plotting. Fiction Writing |
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Julia Bell, Andrew Motion Macmillan
Useful course in creating writing with practical advice from top authors, including David Lodge and Maureen Freely. Our Reviewer called it 'probably the best book on the business of writing that I’ve ever read.' Fiction Writing |
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John Paxton Sheriff Robert Hale Ltd
The author draws on 35 years of writing experience to show you how to develop this essential skill in an easily understood and practical book. Using examples from bestselling writers, he shows you how to create suspense through memorable characters, tight plots and linked sub-plots, using hooks, cliff-hangers and time limits. He also goes on to more advanced techniques such as foreshadowing and overlapping. A really useful book for popular fiction writers. Fiction Writing |
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James N. Frey Macmillan
A follow-up to How to Write a Damn Good Novel from an experienced creative writing course lecturer, this shows serious fiction writers how to write dramatic fiction by producing strong narrative lines, fascinating characters, steadily building conflicts and satisfying conclusions. ‘There are very many books about how to write books that will sell, but I think this is one of the best.’ was Carole Blake’s verdict. Fiction Writing |
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Stephen King Hodder Paperbacks
Based very much on his own experience, Stephen King's own guide is tremendously helpful for the aspiring writer. Part memoir, tracing his own path to bestsellerdom and his recovery from a terrible accident, and part-guide, this provides a tool-kit with lots of specifics and help for writers learning their craft. Fiction Writing |
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Orson Scott Card, Michael Ridpath, Ansen Dibell, Lewis Turco Robinson
Top-value collection of three books in one volume, covering plot, characterisation, viewpoint and dialogue, and amounting to an essential fiction writer’s manual. Fiction Writing |
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David Michael Kaplan A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Thorough guide to reworking your novel, which may be just what you need if you’ve got stuck. The author looks at 'sacred' first ideas, slow starts, out-of-sequence events, imprecise language, inflated imagery, weak sentence structure, insufficient dialogue, action and description. He uses contemporary examples to make his points. Fiction Writing |
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Nancy Kress Writer's Digest Books
The author of nine works of fiction and a regular columnist for Writer’s Digest magazine explores the fundamental relationship between characterization and plot in successful fiction, illustrating how vibrant, well-constructed characters act as the driving force behind an exceptional story. Includes exercises to help you build strong characters from the outside in and breaks down character creation and development into clear and concise segments, with detailed discussion on each topic. Genuinely useful for all aspiring novelists. Fiction Writing |
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Raymond Obstfeld Writer's Digest Books
A highly accessible and useful quick-fix approach to getting your fiction right, with chapters on plot, characterisation, setting, style and theme, plus a handy FAQs section. If you don’t know how to doctor your fiction, this book which will help you to pinpoint and solve any problem quickly and easily. Fiction Writing |
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Celia Brayfield SAGE Publications Ltd
The bestselling author of commercial blockbusters such as Pearls shows the reader the techniques of writing great popular novels through illuminating universal themes and showing the classic tricks of the trade. She also claims to give a sure-fire motivational strategy for overcoming first page nerves and writer’s block. Fiction Writing |
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Writer's Digest, Frank A. Dickson, Sandra Smythe Writer's Digest Books
Collection of articles from the magazine on the art of short story writing, packed with useful tips and a positive approach to the genre. Fiction Writing |
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John Braine Methuen Publishing Ltd
The author of Room at the Top gives his own tough prescription for writing fiction. 'If you have the ability, you will achieve a result, he said, and that surely is what every serious writer looks for' our Reviewer commented. Fiction Writing |
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Ann Rittenberg, Laura Whitcomb, Dennis Lehane Writers Digest Books
An author and agent team shares the keys to achieving your dream of getting your first novel written and published. This work includes all the start to finish fundamentals you need to produce and launch a first novel.
Our reviewer said:
'Your First Novel is an excellent tutorial and reference source for anyone who wants to become more than a weekend scribbler... with a book like this on your desk, you stand a much better chance of succeeding.' Fiction Writing |
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Oscar Collier, Frances Spatz Leighton Writer's Digest Books
An American literary agent and a freelance writer give 100 expert tips comprising solid writing instruction, expert marketing advice and actual case histories. Fiction Writing |
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Victoria Lynn Schmidt Writers Digest Books
Are you having difficulty in populating your fiction with interesting three-dimensional characters? This inspiring book will show you how to do it. Fiction Writing |
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Michael Legat Robert Hale Ltd
Comprehensive approach to the subject, which draws on the author’s background in publishing, as well as his skills as a novelist. More Fiction Writing |
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Sol Stein Souvenir Press Ltd
Sequel to Solutions for Writers, master-editor Sol Stein’s practical guide shows you the secrets which can lift a piece of writing to a new level of quality and commercial appeal. Fiction Writing |
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Brandilyn Collins Wiley
Draws on the Method school of acting to show novelists how to create characters and write good dialogue. Fiction Writing |
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Adèle Ramet How To Books
This useful general guide to writing fiction will show you how to improve every aspect of your writing, including tips on creating believable characters, colourful settings, effective dialogue and intriguing plots. There’s also a section on submitting your work to a publisher. Fiction Writing |
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Marina Oliver How To Books Ltd
The author of over 50 books provides a concise and practical step-by-step guide which is a useful introduction. General Guides, Fiction Writing |
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Rona Randall Methuen Drama
The author of over 60 books gives her own creative and practical guidelines, covering the development of ideas, characters, motivation, dialogue and style, with practical examples. She covers all kinds of fiction, including short stories. Fiction Writing |
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J. M. Bickham F&W
Useful beginner’s book which offers pithy advice for novice writers, suggestions for correcting common writing mistakes and advice on developing a fiction writer's attitude, refining ideas and language, and submitting manuscripts. Fiction Writing |
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Children's creativity
'The creative process is open to all. I don't believe in some magical creative gift, the exclusive possession of a few, nor need it concern big or sophisticated ideas. On the contrary, creativity may depend upon the recognition that our own thoughts and ideas are as valid as anyone else's; something which we knew as children, and which we were taught to unlearn. Read more