Research Catalog

Title

The Maeve Binchy writers' club / by Maeve Binchy ; with contributions from Ivy Bannister ... [et al.].

Author

Binchy, Maeve.

Publication

London : Orion, 2008.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Bannister, Ivy.

Description

vii, 167 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

In this warm and inspiring guide, beloved author Maeve Binchy shares her unique insight to how a best selling author writes: from finding a subject and creating good writing habits to sustaining progress and seeking a publisher.

Alternative Title

Writers' club

Subject

• Binchy, Maeve
• Fiction > Authorship
• Creative writing
• Women novelists > Correspondence

Genre/Form

• Literature
• Fiction – Authorship.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Week 1. Getting Started -- Week 2. Writers' Groups -- Week 3. Telling a Story -- Week 4. Writing Short Stories -- Eight Steps to A Short Story / Ivy Bannister -- Week 5. The Writers' Agent -- Week 6. Sustaining Progress -- Maintaining Your Motivation to Write / Norah Casey -- Week 7. Finding Your Voice -- The Road to Success / Marian Keyes -- Week 8. The Writer's Journey -- Week 9. Visualising Success -- Week 10. The Role of the Editor -- The Role of the Editor / Alison Walsh -- Week 11. The Writer as a Journalist -- Week 12. Writing for Radio -- Writing for Radio / Seamus Hosey -- Week 13. Tackling Men's Fiction -- Week 14. The Publisher -- The Publisher / Paula Campbell -- Week 15. Writing for Stage -- What Works On Stage / Jim Culleton -- Week 16. Murder, Mystery and Suspense -- Writing Thrillers and Having Fun / Julie Parsons -- Week 17. The Importance of Language -- Less is More / Gerald Dawe -- Week 18. Writing for Children -- Week 19. Writing Comedy -- Writing Comedy / Ferdia McAnna -- Week 20. Good Luck -- The Writing Class Anew short story / Maeve Binchy -- Afterword A Final Word of Thanks from the National College of Ireland.

ISBN

• 9780752883076 (pbk.)
• 0752883070 (pbk.)

OCLC

191243632

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library