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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
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2008
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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."
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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" L (0.45 lbs) 272 pages
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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.


 
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