Complete Write a Novel Course

by Will Buckingham

Overview

LEARN HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL WITH THIS COMPLETE, PRACTICAL COURSE.

Designed to take you from the moment you first put pen to paper right through to the process of contacting publishers (or uploading an ebook file) and promoting your book, this is the most important book on writing that you'll ever read. It introduces you to the craft of fiction writing, the art of words and the way in which to use them. It gives you inspiration, ideas and practical advice.

It gives you the background and the skills you'll need to succeed.

Unlike other books on the market, however, it also helps you begin to critique your own work, meaning that at every step of the writing process you'll be producing the best art you can. There are plenty of other essential writing tools in this book, as well, including techniques for overcoming writer's block; with nearly a quarter of the book focussing on how to get published, how to publish yourself, which courses you do - and don't - need, the nuts and bolts of competitions and festivals and the importance of social media, this really is the most comprehensive companion to the subject available.

ABOUT THE SERIES
The Teach Yourself Creative Writing series helps aspiring authors tell their story. Covering a range of genres from science fiction and romantic novels, to illustrated children's books and comedy, this series is packed with advice, exercises and tips for unlocking creativity and improving your writing. And because we know how daunting the blank page can be, we set up the Just Write online community at tyjustwrite, for budding authors and successful writers to connect and share.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473600485
Publisher:	Mobius
Publication date:	02/17/2015
Series:	Teach Yourself Series
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Will Buckingham is a writer, philosopher and Reader in Creative Writing at De Montfort University. He writes mainly fiction, philosophy and books for children - his first novel was published by Tindal Street Press and he has since published two philosophy books, a second novel and a children's picture book.

Table of Contents

About the author vii

How to use this book viii

Part 1 Getting started

1 Introduction: why write a novel? 3

2 Have I got what it takes? 9

3 Reading 21

Part 2 Writing

4 Introduction: ideas 33

5 Architecture and world-building 45

6 Research 57

7 Plot 71

8 The basics of character 87

9 Knowing your characters 101

10 Storytelling 115

Part 3 Redrafting

11 Introduction: why redraft? 131

12 Redrafting for pace, structure and rhythm 139

13 Redrafting for logic 155

14 Redrafting for language 165

Part 4 Keeping sane

15 Introduction: how, when and where to work 181

16 Distractions, writer's block and other gremlins 193

17 Finding support 207

Part 5 Publishing

18 Introduction: the 'why' and 'how' of publishing 221

19 Preparing your work for publication 231

20 Copyright, ethics and the law 247

21 Self-publishing 261

22 Third-party publishing 277

Part 6 Now you are published

23 Introduction: surviving and thriving as a writer 299

24 Promoting your work 311

25 Conclusion: what next? 327

Resources 330

Further reading 337

Index 340