Lawrence Block's writing the novel from plot to print to pixel
(2016)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
808.3/BLOCK,L

0 Holds on 1 Copy

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 808.3/BLOCK,L Due: 4/3/2024

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States?] : [publisher not identified], [2016]
©2016
EDITION
Expanded and updated
DESCRIPTION

287 pages ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781522858874, 1522858873, 9781522858874
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"This edition has been expanded and updated from the original Writing the novel from plot to print, first published in 1978"--Title page verso

Introduction to the expanded and updated edition -- Introduction to the 1978 edition -- Why write a novel? -- Deciding which novel to write -- Read...study...analyze -- Developing plot ideas -- Developing characters -- Outlining -- Using what you know...and what you don't know -- Getting started -- Getting it written -- Snags, dead ends and false trails -- Matters of style -- Length -- Rewriting -- Getting published -- The case for self-publishing -- The case against self-publishing -- How to be your own publisher -- Doing it again -- Now it's up to you

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