How To Write Your First Novel
Author(s): Sophie King
This revised edition takes aspiring novelists through the steps of writing a novel, from finding that initial idea, to keeping the plot going and crafting the perfect ending. With helpful exercises in each chapter you will learn how to: develop a brilliant idea for your first novel; create characters that will make your novel come alive; plot your novel so that your readers simply have to turn the page; unravel the mysteries of viewpoint; create realistic dialogue and settings so your readers feel they are there; and find your own voice. Most importantly, the book includes tips and advice on how to get published. This new edition also includes a ten step guide to revision so that you can polish your novel to be the best it can be.
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Let best-selling novelist Sophie King guide you through the whole process of writing your first novel and getting it published.
Sophie King is the author of best-selling novels The School Run, The Supper Club and The Wedding Party. She also writes under the pen-name of Janey Fraser. Sophie is an active creative writing tutor and attends many of the annual writing conferences as a speaker, including the Matera Women's Fiction Festival in Italy. In 2013 she was elected a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Exeter.
General Fields
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- : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- : How To Books Ltd
- : 0.201
- : 16 July 2014
- : 198mm X 129mm X 15mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Sophie King
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 808.3
- : 240