Imprint: Penguin
Published: 29/01/2009
ISBN: 9780141038544
Length: 272 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 15mm x 129mm
Weight: 202g
RRP: £9.99
There are many ways prospective authors routinely sabotage their own work. But why leave it to guesswork? Misstep by misstep, How Not to Write a Novel shows how you can ensure that your manuscript never rises above the level of unpublishable drivel; that your characters are unpleasant, dimensionless versions of yourself; that your plot is digressive, tedious and unconvincing; and that your style is reliant on mangled clichés and sesquipedalian malapropisms. Alternatively, you can use it to identify the most common mistakes, avoid them and actually write a book that works.
Guardian Award shortlisted novelist Sandra Newman and veteran editor Howard Mittelmark have distilled 30 years of teaching, editing, writing and reviewing fiction into a hilarious and liberating guide that is the perfect read for anyone who's ever laughed at a badly written piece of prose and for anyone who's ever penned one - and doesn't want to do it again.
Imprint: Penguin
Published: 29/01/2009
ISBN: 9780141038544
Length: 272 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 15mm x 129mm
Weight: 202g
RRP: £9.99
This writing how-to should carry a warning: it's the kind of book one reads at the expense of all other responsibilities.
A great resource and a fun read with a lot of solid advice for would-be novelists.