| Description |
149 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Getting Started: Prerequisites for Novel Writing -- Ch. 2. Genre: Describing Your Novel -- Ch. 3. Characterization: The People -- Ch. 4. Plot Construction: The Plan of Action -- Ch. 5. Motivation: "Why?" - The Story Glue -- Ch. 6. Dialogue: Say What? -- Ch. 7. Pacing: The Unputdownable Novel -- Ch. 8. Revision: After the First Draft -- Ch. 9. The Study of Fiction: Learning From the Novelist -- Ch. 10. Creativity: Becoming a Writer |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Subtitle: A guide to the special demands of writing genre fiction, including romance, mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, westerns, suspense, historical, action/adventure and horror |
| Subject |
Fiction -- Technique.
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Popular literature -- Authorship.
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| Genre/Form |
Literature.
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| LC no. |
92007160 |
| ISBN |
089879515X |
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