Read and Learn!by Christine-Williams

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This is the kind of book that you read for the humour the scathing remarks and the blatent flaunting of all the rules. Yet it is so cleverly written that you find yourself learning things that quite frankly none of the other how to books teach you.

It may be intended as a tongue in cheek guide to writing the novel but it actually shows up some major points that are often over looked by other 'how...

One of the best books I've read on novel-writingby Anonymous

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Along with Renni Brown's Self Editing for Fiction Writers and Bird by Bird, this has become one of my favorite books on writing. I just read it and am amazed at how good it was. I expected another ho-humish how-to with the same old Writers Digest advice but got instead exciting insights, analysis of fine literature, and professional tips on how to improve my novel. I especially liked the way the author...

A Blueprint to Successby Anonymous

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Since the publication of my bestselling suspense novel, Wake Up Dead, I field a continuous stream of questions from would-be writers on advice for getting published. My answer is always the same: buy Frey's book, How To Write A Damn Good Novel. I bought it. I read it. I followed his instructions. I earned publication in a national fiction contest. It is the best-written, most concise, witty, and thorough...