Writing a First Novel
Reflections on the Journey
1st Edition
Published on 16. September 2017
216 pages
978-1-137-36840-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this inspiring collection of essays, a range of award-winning, established and newly published writers offer highly personal accounts of their creative processes. Authors reveal the anxieties, considerations and discoveries that shaped their own first novels, arming new writers with practical advice, focus and inspiration. The book's final section presents the perspectives of an agent, a publisher and an author on the business of publishing a first novel. Writing a First Novel offers an illuminating read for both aspiring and seasoned writers. It contains contributions by: - Hanif Kureishi - Valerie Martin - Johanna Skibsrud - David Vann - Maile Chapman - Edward Hogan - Kishwar Desai - Wena Poon - Alison MacLeod - Andrew Cowan - Jane Rusbridge - Isabel Ashdown - Helon Habila - David Swann - Soumya Bhattacharya - Jane Feaver - Hannah Westland - Helen Garnons-Williams - Lionel Shriver
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-137-36840-9 (9781137368409)
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01/2014
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Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I 'Inspiration' and the Novel
- 1 Something Given: Reflections on Writing
- 2 Look Back in Angst
- 3 Illuminating the Shadows: The Space between Fact and Fiction
- 4 Genesis
- Part II Research and the Novel
- 5 Treasure, Trash and Planned Obsolescence
- 6 Writing Home
- 7 Walking the Tightrope
- 8 The Reluctant Aficionado
- Part III Voice and the Novel
- 9 Hearing Voices
- 10 'This Won't Do': Pig and the Temptation of Silence
- 11 Knots and Narrative
- 12 'Voice' and the Inescapable Complexity of Experience
- Part IV Form and the Novel
- 13 Giving Shape to One's Universe
- 14 Another Fine Mess
- 15 Man of Letters
- 16 Belief
- Part V The Business of Publishing
- 17 An Agent's Perspective
- 18 The Role of the Editor
- 19 Baby, You've Got It Made
- Index
