Writing a First Novel: Reflections on the Journey - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0230290825 ISBN 13 : 9780230290822

Editeur : Palgrave, 2014

Synopsis

In this inspiring collection of essays, a range of award-winning, established and newly published writers offer highly personal accounts of their creative processes. Authors reveal the anxieties, considerations and discoveries that shaped their own first novels, arming new writers with practical advice, focus and inspiration. The book's final section presents the perspectives of an agent, a publisher and an author on the business of publishing a first novel.

Writing a First Novel offers an illuminating read for both aspiring and seasoned writers. It contains contributions by:

- Hanif Kureishi
- Valerie Martin
- Johanna Skibsrud
- David Vann
- Maile Chapman
- Edward Hogan
- Kishwar Desai
- Wena Poon
- Alison MacLeod
- Andrew Cowan
- Jane Rusbridge
- Isabel Ashdown
- Helon Habila
- David Swann
- Soumya Bhattacharya
- Jane Feaver
- Hannah Westland
- Helen Garnons-Williams
- Lionel Shriver

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Karen Stevens is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, UK, where she specializes in teaching fiction. She is an author and editor, and has edited two critical and creative anthologies: Writing a First Novel: Reflections on the Journey (2014) and High Spirits: A Round of Drinking Stories (2018). Her debut collection of short stories Brilliant Blue (2025) was published with Barbican Press. She is on Twitter @KarenStevens01.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0230290825
• ISBN 13: 9780230290822
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 212
• Éditeur: Stevens Karen
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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