So You Want to Write (2nd Edition): How to Master the Craft of Writing Fiction and Memoir
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 097289845X / Publisher: Leapfrog Press, August 2005
Describes the elements that are necessary to write novels, short stories, and memoirs.
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<div><p>“This is a great book, no matter what stage of writing you’re at!”—<i>The Writer Magazine</i></p><p>“Here is a must-have for would-be writers. Put this on the shelf right beside Strunk and White.”—<i>Booklist</i></p><p>“Addresses all the elements of successful writing.”—<i>Tampa Tribune</i></p><p>“Advice on getting your work published is worth the cost of the book alone.”—<i>St. Petersburg Times</i></p><p>A featured selection of the Writer’s Digest Book Club; chosen by <i>The Writer Magazine</i> as a Best Book of the Year; compared by the American Library Association to Strunk and White’s classic <i>The Elements of Style</i>; acclaimed by critics, students and teachers and adopted by universities across the country, the unique collaboration between a major American novelist and a publisher is back in a revised second edition, bigger and better than ever.</p><p>The most useful and entertaining writing book on the market, the updated second edition has new exercises and expanded essays, covering every aspect of writing and publishing fiction and memoir:</p><p>How to begin a piece so that a reader can’t put it down<br> How to create compelling characters<br> How professional writers use dialogue<br> How to narrow a strategy for telling the story of your life<br> How to write about painful material without coming off as a victim</p><p>Included are hundreds of insider tips, such as:</p><p>The seven important things when writing about loved ones<br> The 10 most destructive things writers do<br> What no one will tell you about rejection letters<br> FAQs about agents and how much writers really earn<br> What to do if your work is continually rejected</p><p><b>Marge Piercy</b> is a <i>New York Times</i> best-selling novelist and memoirist. <b>Ira Wood</b> is a novelist and publisher. Their workshops, given nationally, address overcoming the inner and outer barriers to creativity.</p></div>
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