The Art and Craft of Novel Writing
by Oakley Hall
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Like a muse for the writer, Oakley Hall thoughtfully leads us past the sinkholes of cliches, flat prose, and self-conscious writing and guides us toward the magic of vivid and original storytelling. ...An essential resource for any writer -- beginning, published, or just plain stuck. -- Amy TanOakley Hall cites the works and methods of such great novelists as John Steinbeck, Joyce Carol Oates, Leo Tolstoy, Agatha Christie and Milan Kundera to show readers what works in the novel, and why. show more This book features advice on taking a novel through each of its stages, from the beginning of an idea to The End, and guides writers through the process of writing a novel. show lessTags
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Somewhat dated, but quite useful, even after having read several other books on novel writing. Still had fresh information to offer, and many classic books the author insists that writers must read (with writerly eyes, no doubt, as now I can no longer read just for fun...), and samples of his own synopsis and novel notes.
To Community,
William-James-MEOW Date: Sunday, July 15. 12014 H.E. (Holocene Era)
To Community,
William-James-MEOW Date: Sunday, July 15. 12014 H.E. (Holocene Era)
Somewhat dated, but quite useful, even after having read several other books on novel writing. Still had fresh information to offer, and many classic books the author insists that writers must read (with writerly eyes, no doubt, as now I can no longer read just for fun...), and samples of his own synopsis and novel notes.
To Community,
William-James-MEOW Date: Sunday, July 15. 12014 H.E. (Holocene Era)
To Community,
William-James-MEOW Date: Sunday, July 15. 12014 H.E. (Holocene Era)
1e; $ 15,99; Amazon.com; juli 2002
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He is the author of more than twenty works of fiction, including The Downhill Racers, Warlock, The Bad Lands & Separations. For twenty years, he was professor English & director of programs in writing at the University of California at Irvine. He is also the director of the Squaw Valley Writing Program. In 1998, he received a PEN center USA West show more Award of Honor for a lifetime of literary achievement. He lives in San Francisco. (Publisher Provided) Author Oakley M. Hall was born in San Diego in 1920. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. He joined the Marines and served in the Pacific during World War II. Taking advantage of the G. I. Bill after the war, he studied in Europe and received a Masters of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He founded the creative writing program at the University of California at Irvine and co-founded the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. He wrote the Ambrose Bierce Mystery series and his best known novels are Downhill Racers and Warlock. He died of kidney disease and cancer on May 13, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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