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Writing a First Novel Karen Stevens

Writing a First Novel By Karen Stevens

Writing a First Novel by Karen Stevens

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This invaluable collection of essays by published novelists focuses on the journey of writing a first novel. Writers generously offer their insight and advice on the joys and challenges that new authors of fiction will inevitably encounter along the way. A literary agent and a publisher add their own professional perspectives.

Writing a First Novel Summary

Writing a First Novel: Reflections on the Journey by Karen Stevens

In this inspiring collection of essays, a range of award-winning, established and newly published writers offer highly personal accounts of their creative processes. Authors reveal the anxieties, considerations and discoveries that shaped their own first novels, arming new writers with practical advice, focus and inspiration. The book's final section presents the perspectives of an agent, a publisher and an author on the business of publishing a first novel.

Writing a First Novel offers an illuminating read for both aspiring and seasoned writers. It contains contributions by:

- Hanif Kureishi
- Valerie Martin
- Johanna Skibsrud
- David Vann
- Maile Chapman
- Edward Hogan
- Kishwar Desai
- Wena Poon
- Alison MacLeod
- Andrew Cowan
- Jane Rusbridge
- Isabel Ashdown
- Helon Habila
- David Swann
- Soumya Bhattacharya
- Jane Feaver
- Hannah Westland
- Helen Garnons-Williams
- Lionel Shriver

Writing a First Novel Reviews

'This book is an excellent addition to any discussion on novel writing. Specifically directed toward those working on their first novels, it promises to be an invaluable resource both to new novelists and to their instructors.' - Katharine Coles, The University of Utah, USA

About Karen Stevens

KAREN STEVENS is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.- List of Contributors.- Introduction; Karen Stevens.- PART I: INSPIRATION AND THE NOVEL.- Something Given: Reflections on Writing; Hanif Kureishi.- Look Back in Angst; Valerie Martin.- Illuminating the Shadows: the Space Between Fact and Fiction; Johanna Skibsrud.- Genesis; David Vann.- PART II: RESEARCH AND THE NOVEL.- Treasure, Trash, and Planned Obsolescence; Maile Chapman
Writing Home; Edward Hogan.- Walking the Tightrope; Kishwar DesaiThe Reluctant Aficionado; Wena Poon.- PART III: VOICE AND THE .- NOVEL.- Hearing Voices; Alison MacLeod.- 'This Won't Do': Pig and the Temptation of Silence; Andrew Cowan.- Knots and Narrative; Jane Rusbridge.- 'Voice' and the Inescapable Complexity of Experience; Isabel Ashdown.- PART IV: FORM AND THE NOVEL.- Giving Shape to One's Universe; Helon Habila.- Another Fine Mess; David Swann.- Man of Letters; Soumya Bhattacharya.- Belief; Jane Feaver.- PART V: THE BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING.- An Agent's Perspective; Hannah Westland.- The Role of the Editor; Helen Garnons-Williams.- Baby, You've Got it; Lionel Shriver.- Index.

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GOR006325687
9780230290822
0230290825
Writing a First Novel: Reflections on the Journey by Karen Stevens
Karen Stevens
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20140127
216
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