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The nighttime novelist : finish your novel in your spare time / Joseph Bates.

Offering fresh inspiration alongside friendly, real-world creative writing instruction, The Nighttime Novelist takes writers through the long, stressful process of completing a book, something that's usually done in stolen snatches of time (in the morning before work, at night after the house is quiet or perhaps during lunch breaks). Broken down into three parts - Beginning, Middle, and End - it helps writers tackle each part of the novel-writing process. In addition, each section will feature a mix of four different types of short 'mini chapters': Techniques (basic writing instruction), Hurdles (tips for anticipating and working around setbacks), Inspiration (motivational passages), and Going Deeper (techniques and exercises writers can apply to take their work to the next level).

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C9005795090 808.3 BAT
Adult nonfiction   Earlville Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781582978468
1582978468
Dewey 808.3
Author Bates, Joseph, 1972-
Title The nighttime novelist : finish your novel in your spare time / Joseph Bates.
Published Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, 2010.
Physical description 265 p. ; 21 cm.
General note Includes index.
Contents note Part one, Beginnings. Developing initial ideas ; Character concepting ; Plot planning ; Narration ; Building a world: description & setting ; Opening scene & first-act structure -- Part two, Middles. Crafting & maintaining suspense ; Raising the stakes ; Complicating your characters ; Pivotal scenes: plotting & pacing -- Part three, Endings. The art of closing well ; Plotting for the payoff ; Coming full circle ; Revision: discovering what you meant.
Summary Offering fresh inspiration alongside friendly, real-world creative writing instruction, The Nighttime Novelist takes writers through the long, stressful process of completing a book, something that's usually done in stolen snatches of time (in the morning before work, at night after the house is quiet or perhaps during lunch breaks). Broken down into three parts - Beginning, Middle, and End - it helps writers tackle each part of the novel-writing process. In addition, each section will feature a mix of four different types of short 'mini chapters': Techniques (basic writing instruction), Hurdles (tips for anticipating and working around setbacks), Inspiration (motivational passages), and Going Deeper (techniques and exercises writers can apply to take their work to the next level).
Subject Fiction -- Technique
Fiction -- Authorship
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