| A Novel in a Year: From First Page to Last in 52 Weeks Contributor(s): Doughty, Louise (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061686387 ISBN-13: 9780061686382 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: An essential guide for every aspiring novelist! The thought of writing a full-length novel can be daunting. But in "A Novel in a Year," Louise Doughty makes a seemingly vast and unconquerable task manageable by walking aspiring authors through the different aspects of writing technique in eminently accessible bite-size chunks. Here are fifty-two chapters offering useful advice on all the facets of writing and exercises designed to help writers of all levels develop confidence and style. Read a chapter a week, and by year's end, you will have accomplished your goal and made it to "the End." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Authorship - Language Arts & Disciplines | Style Manuals - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Composition |
| Dewey: 808.3 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 7.8" (0.45 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An essential guide for every aspiring novelist The thought of writing a full-length novel can be daunting. But in A Novel in a Year, Louise Doughty makes a seemingly vast and unconquerable task manageable by walking aspiring authors through the different aspects of writing technique in eminently accessible bite-size chunks. Here are fifty-two chapters offering useful advice on all the facets of writing and exercises designed to help writers of all levels develop confidence and style. Read a chapter a week, and by year's end, you will have accomplished your goal and made it to the End. |
Contributor Bio(s): Doughty, Louise: - Louise Doughty is the author of the novels Crazy Paving, Dance with Me, Honey-Dew, Fires in the Dark, and Stone Cradle, as well as the nonfiction book A Novel in a Year, based on her popular newspaper column. She has written plays for radio and has worked widely as a critic, broadcasting regularly for BBC Radio 4. She lives in London. |