Let's Get Creative!: Writing Fiction That Sells

By William F. Nolan

Book Overview

William F. Nolan, using the knowledge acquired by writing more than 90 works of fiction, analyses some of his and others' best work to help the reader with construction of characters, dramatic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884956505
• ISBN13: 9781884956508
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Quill Driver Books
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A superbly presented and informative introduction 'how to' manual to the art, craft and realities of

William F. Nolan is the successful author of more than eighty works of fiction and so brings to "Let's Get Creative: Writing Fiction That Sells" a very special expertise based on personal experience and hard work. Writing with a much appreciated clarity and occasional touches of human, Nolan covers getting started as a writer, where ideas can (and do) come from, the critical value and necessity of a story's climax, the use of dialogue, 'characterization-within-action, the art of revising a manuscript, the value of humor, achieving a personal writing style, employing all five senses in the art and craft of writing fiction, developing conflict to create and hold reader interest, 'hooking the reader', the differences between writing short stories and full length novels, shifting between prose and script writing, handling rejection (the inevitable lot of even the most accomplished and successful authors), and dealing with publishers and literary agents (also inevitable for aspiring writers seeking to become - or continue as - successfully published authors). A superbly presented and informative introduction 'how to' manual to the art, craft and realities of writing fiction, "Let's Get Creative: Writing Fiction That Sells" is a 'must' read for the novice author and has a great deal to recommend it to even the more seasoned fiction writing as well.