Fiction Writing: the Expert Guide - Softcover

Drawing from his own experiences as a novelist and creative writing tutor, Richard Skinner takes you through the process of writing a novel, from ways of generating ideas and beginning the actual process of writing, through to producing a final draft. The book is a both a 'guide' and an 'aid' to writing a novel. The first part - the guide - offers solid practical suggestions for writers who are just getting started on a long piece of fiction. The second part of the book - the aid - operates more like a troubleshooting gallery for those who are well into a long piece of fiction. Eschewing formulas and prescriptions, Skinner encourages readers to think differently about issues as they arise by means of lateral thinking, oblique strategies, aphorisms and quotations, and offers a range of ideas about the art of writing that stretches beyond the bounds of fiction.

Richard Skinner is a published novel writer and a tutor at Goldsmith's College, London on the MA in Creative and Life Writing. He is also an assessor and editorial adviser for The Literary Consultancy, for which he also runs writing workshops. His work has been reviewed on Radio 4's Open Book and also in the Daily Mail, Sunday Telegraph, The Independent and The Times Literary Supplement.