How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Steb-By-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling by James N. Frey, Jaya Dayal (Designed by)
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- Pub. Date: December 1987
- 192pp
- Sales Rank: 10,675
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: December 1987
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Format: Hardcover, 192pp
- Sales Rank: 10,675
- Series: How to Write a Damn Good Novel Series
- ISBN-13: 9780312010447
- ISBN: 0312010443
- Edition Number: 1
- Edition Description: REV
Synopsis
Written in a clear, crisp, accessible style, this book is perfect for beginners as well as professional writers who need a crash course in the down-to-earth basics of storytelling. Talent and inspiration can't be taught, but Frey does provide scores of helpful suggestions and sensible rules and principles.
An international bestseller, How to Write a Damn Good Novel will enable all writers to face that intimidating first page, keep them on track when they falter, and help them recognize, analyze, and correct the problems in their own work.
Biography
James N. Frey is the author of the internationally bestselling How to Write a Damn Good Novel and How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II, as well as nine novels. He has taught and lectured on creative writing at several different schools and conferences throughout the U.S. and Europe.
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An Absolute Necessity!by JJ54
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June 26, 2009: Oh! It turns out that "How to Write a Damn Good Novel" is a damn good book! Anyone planning to write a novel or improve their skills MUST buy this book! I read it in less than one week with my hectic schedule. It was so engrossing that I could hardly put it down!
This book is a thorough and insightful guide, which provides all of the steps for writing a complex and captivating novel. Mr. Frey provides rich, critical, and intricate information in a lively and moving manner; and with some humor. He often indicates why certain techniques or approaches are preferred, which includes the foundation and evolution of the novel.Perhaps what is most impressive about "How to Write a Damn Good Novel" is Mr. Frey's insistence on using quality writing to satisfy the (your) prospective novel reader. Mr. Frey eschews the use of "cheap tricks" to manipulate readers.Mr. Frey's sincerity is reflected in his discussion of the difficulties and pitfalls of novelists, and his advise on how to avoid or eliminate them.In his discussion of the appropriate use of symbols in novels, Mr. Frey discloses how many readers and writers of novels have been lost, due to the typical "academic" study of the obscure - and perhaps nonexistent - symbols in novels. This is absolutely true, because I am one of those people! Now, however, I hope to soon become a successfully published author - after applying the principles of this book!I highly recommend "How to Write a Damn Good Novel" to anyone!Read and Learn!by Christine-Williams
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February 24, 2009: 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 to' authors. I would consider it a must for all writing groups and creative writing courses. It takes away so much of the pompous attitude too many writers have about themselves.
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