Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months
Is Life Like This? may well be the most important addition to the aspiring writer’s library.
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“[Dufresne’s] generous, wise, cajoling, stern, and compassionate voice will get you working right away.”—Brad Watson
“Writing a novel,” says John Dufresne, “is not as easy as you may have thought before you tried. But it’s also not as difficult as you imagined.” Dufresne’s smart, practical, hard-nosed guide is for the person who has always wanted to write a novel but has been daunted by the sometimes chaotic, always challenging writing process. A patient teacher and experienced writer, Dufresne focuses his expertise and good humor on helping aspiring novelists take their first tentative steps. His six-month program variously calls attention to the key elements of good fiction writing and offers exercises that are designed to sharpen writers’ command of novel-length storytelling. After six months of guided writing, the users of this book will finish what might have once seemed impossible—a rich and compelling first draft of a novel.Is Life Like This? may well be the most important addition to the aspiring writer’s library.
Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months
Is Life Like This? may well be the most important addition to the aspiring writer’s library.
“[Dufresne’s] generous, wise, cajoling, stern, and compassionate voice will get you working right away.”—Brad Watson
“Writing a novel,” says John Dufresne, “is not as easy as you may have thought before you tried. But it’s also not as difficult as you imagined.” Dufresne’s smart, practical, hard-nosed guide is for the person who has always wanted to write a novel but has been daunted by the sometimes chaotic, always challenging writing process. A patient teacher and experienced writer, Dufresne focuses his expertise and good humor on helping aspiring novelists take their first tentative steps. His six-month program variously calls attention to the key elements of good fiction writing and offers exercises that are designed to sharpen writers’ command of novel-length storytelling. After six months of guided writing, the users of this book will finish what might have once seemed impossible—a rich and compelling first draft of a novel.Is Life Like This? may well be the most important addition to the aspiring writer’s library.
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Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months
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Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780393076998 |
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Publisher: | Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. |
Publication date: | 02/01/2010 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 320 |
File size: | 448 KB |
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