Writing a first novel : reflections on the journey /: reflections on the journey. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Karen Stevens.
• Other Names: Stevens, Karen 1965- editor of compilation.
• Contents: Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Karen Stevens; PART I: INSPIRATION AND THE NOVEL; Something Given: Reflections on Writing; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Hanif Kureishi; Look Back in Angst; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Valerie Martin; Illuminating the Shadows: the Space Between Fact and Fiction; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Johanna Skibsrud; Genesis; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">David Vann ; PART II: RESEARCH AND THE NOVEL; Treasure, Trash, and Planned Obsolescence; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Maile Chapman; Writing Home; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Edward Hogan; Walking the Tightrope;<SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> Kishwar Desai; The Reluctant Aficionado; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Wena Poon; PART III: VOICE AND THE NOVEL; Hearing Voices; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Alison MacLeod; 'This Won't Do': <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Pig and the Temptation of Silence; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Andrew Cowan; Knots and Narrative; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Jane Rusbridge; 'Voice' and the Inescapable Complexity of Experience; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Isabel Ashdown; PART IV: FORM AND THE NOVEL; Giving Shape to One's Universe; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Helon Habila; Another Fine Mess; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">David Swann; Man of Letters; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Soumya Bhattacharya; Belief; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Jane Feaver; PART V: THE BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING; An Agent's Perspective; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Hannah Westland; The Role of the Editor; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Helen Garnons-Williams; Baby, You've Got it; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Lionel Shriver; Index
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (216 pages)
• Subjects: 808.3; General; Fiction -- Authorship; Fiction -- Technique
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137368409; 1137368403
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