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Writing a First Novel : Reflections on the Journey / edited by Karen Stevens.
- Title
- Writing a First Novel : Reflections on the Journey / edited by Karen Stevens.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN3365 .W78 2014 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Stevens, Karen, 1965-
- Description
- xiv, 195 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- essays.
- Literature
- Essays
- Littérature.
- Essais.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 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 Desai ; The 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.
- ISBN
- 9780230290822 (pbk.)
- 0230290825 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2013032265
- OCLC
- 876673744
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library