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Structuring Your Novel: From Basic Idea to Finished Manuscript
Structuring Your Novel From Basic Idea to Finished Manuscript Author:Robert C. Meredith & John d. Fitzgerald Structuring Your Novel shows the would-be author how to employ the techniques used by professional novelists in writing a novel of his own. Fourteen elements of structure found in all traditional novels are illustrated from seven successful novels that range in genre from Fielding's epic-type novel "Tom Jones" to leCarre's mystery thriller "The... more » Spy Who came in from the Cold." The exercises for Chapter One of this guidebook get the reader started on his own novel right away, and the exercises of the following chapters practically force him to finish it. Althought the beginning novelist is taught how to use the techniques of craftsmanship employed by professional writers, his individual creative talent is given complete freedom.« less