This Year You Write Your Novel

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Hardcover, 112 pages

English language

Published April 3, 2007 by Little, Brown and Company.

ISBN:
978-0-316-06541-2
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OCLC Number:
74688640

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No more excuses. "Let the lawn get shaggy and the paint peel from the walls," bestselling novelist Walter Mosley advises. Anyone can write a novel now, and in this essential book of tips, practical advice, and wisdom, Walter Mosley promises that the writer-in-waiting can finish it in one year. Intended as both inspiration and instruction, the book provides the tools to turn out a first draft painlessly and then revise it into something finer. Mosley tells how to:- Create a daily writing regimen to fit any writer's needs--and how to stick to it.- Determine the narrative voice that's right for every writer's style.- Get past those first challenging sentences and into the heart of a story.

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I've read a lot of books on writing - Bird By Bird, Aspects of the Novel, Reading Like a Writer, etc.

This is the most straightforward bare bones book, I like Mosely's approach and style. Basically the advice is just do it. Block out some time like 2-3 hours, write everyday. Write a first draft, second draft, many more drafts. Any one is a potential writer.

The best piece of advice is is the tape recorder. When you think you are done, read out loud and listen to it.

The concept of the pedestrian is also helpful, other books on writing don't mention it, but that's how novels get to over 200 pages.

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