"In his essential writing guide, This Year You Write Your Novel, Walter Mosley supplied aspiring writers with the basic tools and practical advice needed to write a novel in a single year. In this complementary follow up, Mosley guides the reader through the fundamental building blocks of fiction to deliver a master class on the writer's craft. In a series of conversational and instructive chapters, Mosley breaks down the art of fiction to its most...

Take a peek inside this book and you'll find some characters (though they're still a bit sketchy). They'll be perplexed to see you, so they'll quickly try to track down their author (who has a lot more work to do). What you won't find is a story, or a title, because, guess what? The book isn't finished yet! But surely the author must have a story to tell? In this charming "meta" picture book, children of all ages are encouraged to interact with a...

"As the author of twenty-four novels, Elizabeth George is one of the most successful--and prolific--novelists today. In Mastering the Process, George offers readers a master class in the art and science of crafting a novel. For many writers, the biggest challenge is figuring out how to take that earliest glimmer of inspiration and shape it into a full-length novel. How do you even begin to transform a single idea to a complete book? Elizabeth George...

Award-winning author Cleland teaches you how to navigate genre conventions, write for your audience and build gripping tension to craft an irresistible page-turner. Packed with case studies, exercises, and dozens of examples from best-selling authors.

Aimed at helping the aspiring writer to navigate the complex world of adding plots within their story so it carefully reveals certain information needed to build storylines and characters. "Her expertise and warmth come through strongly in this, her second master class of writing: Plotting to Enrich Your Back Story. Her first instructional guide, An Introduction to Writing, succeeded because Anne used her master class to guide aspiring writers through...