A Novel in a Year

By Louise Doughty

Book Overview

An essential guide for every aspiring novelist

The thought of writing a full-length novel can be daunting. But in A Novel in a Year, Louise Doughty makes a seemingly vast and unconquerable task manageable by walking aspiring authors through the different aspects of writing technique in eminently accessible bite-size chunks. Here are fifty-two chapters offering useful advice on all the facets of writing and exercises designed to help writers of all levels develop confidence and style. Read a chapter a week, and by year's end, you will have accomplished your goal and made it to the End.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061686387
• ISBN13: 9780061686382
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.8"