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How to Write Your First Novel

Have you always wanted to write a novel — but don't know where to start? Novelist Sophie King will guide you through the first steps from finding ideas that will keep the plot going, to crafting the perfect ending. It will help you create characters that sing from the page and unravel the mysteries of dialogue and viewpoint. Each chapter also contains exercises to hone your skills.

AUTHOR BIOG:

Sophie King is the pseudonym for journalist Jane Bidder. As well as writing novels — The School Run; Mums@Home, Second Time Lucky, The Supper Club and her latest The Wedding Party, she has had literally hundreds of short stories published in women's magazines such as Woman's Weekly, Take a Break, My Weekly and Best. Sophie lectures in creative writing for Oxford University and West Herts College. She is also a writer in residence for HMP Grendon. You can find out more about Sophie King on her website www.sophieking.info.

CONTENTS:

Introduction

1. Are You Ready for Commit? 2. A Novel Idea!

3. Finding Your Voice

4. The Killer Sentence

5. It's All in the Plot

- Part One

6. Its all in the Plot

- Part Two

7. Who Are You? How to Create Convincing Characters

8. Viewpoint

9. De-mystifying Dialogue

10. Setting

11. How to Show and Not Tell

12. Sense and Sensibility

13. Humour

14. Different Genres

15. How to Keep a Timeline

16. The Art of Revision

17. Synopsis

18. The Tile

19. Revealing All!

20. How to Get Published

21. Writing the Next Novel

22. Don't Skip This! It Might Help

Index.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 216
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781845283889
  • Genres
  • writing, reference
  • Release date
  • 2010