How to Write a Damn Good Novel
- 174 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Covers characterization, plot, theme, conflicts, climax and resolution, point of view, dialogue, revision, and manuscript submission.
How to Write a Damn Good Novel Series
This series of guides offers essential tools for aspiring and seasoned writers alike. It provides practical advice and proven techniques for crafting compelling narratives with complex characters and engaging plots. Each volume delves into crucial aspects of storytelling, from plot development to mastering dialogue and character arcs. It's an invaluable resource for anyone looking to hone their fiction-writing skills and create truly impactful stories.
Recommended Reading Order
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How to Write a Damn Good Novel II
Advanced Techniques For Dramatic Storytelling
"Damn good" fiction is dramatic fiction, Frey insists, whether it is by Hemingway or Grisham, Le Carre or Ludlum, Austen or Dickens. Despite their differences, these authors' works share common elements: strong narrative lines, fascinating characters, steadily building conflicts, and satisfying conclusions. Frey's How to Write a Damn Good Novel is one of the most widely used guides ever published for aspiring authors. Here, in How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II, Frey offers powerful advanced techniques to build suspense, create fresher, more interesting characters, and achieve greater reader sympathy, empathy, and identification.How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II also warns against the pseudo-rules often inflicted upon writers, rules such as "The author must always be invisible" and "You must stick to a single viewpoint in a scene," which cramp the imagination and deaden the narrative. Frey focuses instead on promises that the author makes to the reader—promises about character, narrative voice, story type, and so on, which must be kept if the reader is to be satisfied. This book is rich, instructive, honest, and often tellingly funny about the way writers sometimes fail their readers and themselves.
