The Nighttime Novelist

Informationen zum Autor Joseph Bates's fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The South Carolina Review ! Identity Theory ! Lunch Hour Stories ! The Cincinnati Review ! Shenandoah ! and Novel & Short Story Writer's Market . He holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature and fiction writing from the University of Cincinnati and teaches in the creative writing program at Miami University in Oxford! Ohio. Zusammenfassung Make Every Creative Moment Count Franz Kafka was an insurance agent. William Faulkner was a postmaster. Stephen King taught high school English! John Grisham was an attorney! and Toni Morrison worked in publishing. Though romantic fantasies of the writing life don't often include a day job! the fact is that most writers have one. If you find yourself among them! stealing moments late at night! early in the morning! or on your lunch break to write! The Nighttime Novelist is your guide?on call any hour to help. Divided into quick mini lessons to make the most of your precious writing time! this book offers: Technique instruction that breaks down the elements of the novel?from crafting your protagonist to successful plotting and pacing Hurdle lessons that help you anticipate and overcome roadblocks! so you can keep your productivity and your story on track Going Deeper explorations that provide guidance on the more nuanced aspects of storytelling! so you can take your work to the next level Try It Out assignments and more than 25 interactive worksheets that help you apply the lessons to your own project Whether you're just beginning your novel! wondering how to navigate its middle! or bringing it to a close! you'll find the instruction! exercises! and support you need to keep your story moving forward every time you sit down to write.

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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).