Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8426 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Victoria Hislop
'A breathtakingly honest and down-to-earth guide to writing a
novel, encouraging and inspirational'

Jill Dawson
'Does for fiction writing what Lynne Truss did for punctuation. If
you only buy one book about the novel-writing process, make it this'

Synopsis
Can you write a novel in a year? If you simply sit back and think about the enormity of writing a book, it will seem like a vast and unconquerable task, impossibly daunting. The way to make it less daunting is to break it down into its constituent parts, to do it bit by bit. Over the chapters herein, different aspects of technique are divided up into bite size chunks, the better to aid digestion. The book will look at different aspects of writing, with set exercises to help the reader along in their confidence and technique. It is designed to be read a chapter a week, with the aim of the fledgling writer having a body of material at the year's end which should form a solid start to their novel. Deeply practical, with sound advice at every stage, A NOVEL IN A YEAR is essential reading for any would-be novelist.

Customer Reviews

Great!
filled with tips and excersies to get you started, this is the guide for any wannabe writer. I was bought this book being a ver amatauer writer myself, and found it so helpful.