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How to Write a Novel
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I address myself to the man or woman of talent—those people who have writing ability, but who need instruction in the manipulation of characters, the formation of plots, and a host of other points with which I shall deal hereafter. Although no school could turn out novelists to order there is yet enough common material in all art-work to be mapped out in a course of lessons. I shall show that the two great requisites of novel-writing are (1) a good story to tell, and (2) ability to tell it effectively. Briefly stated, my position is this: no teaching can produce "good stories to tell," but it can increase the power of "the telling," and change it from crude and ineffective methods to those which reach the apex of developed art.
I address myself to the man or woman of talent—those people who have writing ability, but who need instruction in the manipulation of characters, the formation of plots, and a host of other points with which I shall deal hereafter. Although no school could turn out novelists to order there is yet enough common material in all art-work to be mapped out in a course of lessons. I shall show that the two great requisites of novel-writing are (1) a good story to tell, and (2) ability to tell it effectively. Briefly stated, my position is this: no teaching can produce "good stories to tell," but it can increase the power of "the telling," and change it from crude and ineffective methods to those which reach the apex of developed art.
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"Tut! tut! Mike. Throw away the iron and play fair. You can wallup him!" cried the rest of the gang.
"He's a coward; he dassn't hit me," came the wasp-like taunt of the switchman. "Let him alone, fellers; his girl's give him the shake, and——"
Those were the last words Simpson spoke. The murderous coupling-pin had descended like a scimitar and crushed his skull.
An awed silence fell upon the little group as they raised the fallen man and saw that he was dead.
"Ye'll be hangin' fur this, Mikey, me bye," whispered one of his horrified companions as the police dragged off the unresisting murderer.
"Oi don't care," came the sullen reply, with a dry sob that belied it. T. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
I started reading this one, but it was really just an overview of all the same stuff every other writing book talks about without the focus of genre or specific writing issues like some of the other writing books I have. It was also written by a snooty British guy who thinks Americans only write cra
Not the best one out there (probably b/c it's outdated) but surely helps.
This doesn't get great reviews--yes, it talks about typewriters and other useless details--but it also offers some down-to-earth writing tips from someone who was earning his living at it, so worth considering.
Two stars, and it probably deserves more, for honest, practical advice about dialogue and
Written for a different century!
How to write a novel can't tell you how exactly, but it can give you what is obviously a writer's opinion. There are a few nuggets of gold to be found - there is a bit of a world-weariness to the writing, and whilst Braine does dose the advice with reminders that there are always contradictions to t
I rated this 4-stars, more because I liked the slight carmudgeonly nature of the author. If you think, I'm gonna write me a book, and I'm going to read me a book about how to write it, this is not your book. It's a lot of suggestion based on the author's highly personal experience of having written