How to Grow a Novel The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them

Name: How to Grow a Novel The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them
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ISBN: 9780312267490

ISBN-10: 0312267495

ISBN-13: 9780312267490

Edition: 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Sol Stein

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This is a workshop in book form. With examples, anecdotes, and a rolled-up sleeves approach, Sol Stein reveals the secrets of technique and craft every novelist must master.

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 3/20/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface: For the Reader Who Is Also a Writer


The Responsibilities of the Writer



The Reader Is Looking for an Experience



Is Conflict a Necessity?



Capturing the Reader



Success Lies in Seeing the Details



Characters Who Are Characters



Backstage: Where Writers Get Their Plots



Our Native Language Is Not Dialogue



Getting Intimate with the Reader: Advanced Point of View



Do You Promise to Tell the Truth, So Help You?



Where Writers Go Wrong



How to Pilot Words Precisely



You Have All the Time You Need



Revision as Opportunity--and Danger



Some Fundamentals for Emigrants from Nonfiction



A Few Guidelines for Living Forever


The Responsibilities of the Publisher



The Prospect Before Us



Putting Out to the World



Midlist, and Other Fictions of Publishing


Envoi



Welcome to the 21st Century


Practical Matters



Appendix One: The Little Things That Damage the Writer's Authority



Appendix Two: Where Writers Get Help


Glossary