"A deeply funny and bittersweet memoir of having grown up in an eccentric family of faded wealth and gentility (think shades of Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums) in which the father's failed dreams of being a writer put the family in the poor-house, drove the mother to weepy …
Provides advice on what not to do when writing a novel by offering examples of mistakes with explanations on how to avoid making them.
Provides advice on what not to do when writing a novel by offering examples of mistakes with explanations on how to avoid making them.
Many writing books offer sound advice on how to write well. This is not one of those books. On the contrary, this is a collection of terrible, awkward, and laughably unreadable excerpts that will teach you what to avoid -- at all costs -- if you ever want your novel published. I…
"This volume of The Snobs of England and Punch's Prize Novelists is an addition to The Thackeray Edition collection, the first full-scale scholarly edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's works to appear in over seventy years, and the only one ever to be based on an examination…
[The author] shares his insights about the writing process - from developing a style through creating believable characters and settings, to the final editing and rewriting chores. Features never-before-published interviews with such bestselling authors as Janet Evanovich, Peter…
[The author] shares his insights about the writing process - from developing a style through creating believable characters and settings, to the final editing and rewriting chores. Features never-before-published interviews with such bestselling authors as Janet Evanovich, Peter…
