Techniques of Novel Writing.

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Title: Techniques of Novel Writing.
Authors: Burack, A. S.
Availability: The Writer, Ind., 8 Arlington Street, Boston, Mass. 02116 ($8.95 cloth)
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 305
Publication Date: 1973
Descriptors: Authors, Characterization, Literary Mood, Literary Perspective, Novels, Publications, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills
Abstract: Forty novelists share their ideas and experience on various aspects of writing book-length fiction in this volume. Problems of technique, plotting, theme, characterization, planning, flashbacks, pace, suspense, dialogue, setting, and point of view are discussed by these contemporary authors. Some of the chapters and authors include: (1) "Planning and Writing a Novel" by David Westheimer; (2) "Elements of Successful Novel Writing" by Frank G. Slaughter; (3) "The Intuitive Fiction Writer" by Janice Elliott; (4) "Building Reader Identification" by Alfred Coppel; (5) "The Lure of 'I,' the Tyranny of 'He'" by R. F. Delderfield; (6) "Make It Happen" by Rosemary Gatenby; (7) "Balancing Plot and Character" by Elizabeth Cadell; (8) "Writing Historical Novels" by Jane Aiken Hodge; (9)"Writing for Children" by Irene Hunt; (10) "Writing Action Fiction" by Desmond Bagley; (11) "Writing a Mystery" by Patricia Moyes; and (12) "Ideas for Mystery Novels" by Stanley Ellin. Biographical notes of the authors are included. (WR)
Entry Date: 1974
Accession Number: ED081001
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