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Book Overview
Acclaimed as the best-ever guide to popular fiction, BESTSELLER is rare gem - a book about best-selling novels by an author who has actually written some. Celia Brayfield distils the special art of... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1857023838
ISBN13:9781857023831
Release Date:March 1996
Publisher:Fourth Estate
Length:274 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.0" x 7.7"
Customer Reviews
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Comprehensive help for novelists
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Finally a book on how to write a bestseller - from someone who has actually done so! Whether or not Celia Brayfield's books are your cup of tea, you can't deny that she knows the formula for writing a successful book. Here she shares her secrets, from what makes a bestseller and why people read them, to finding your story and characters, planning the book, getting on with writing, and what to do when you get stuck. Researching backgrounds is covered, along with how to navigate the minefield of finding an agent and publisher. Not bad for 250 pages! Even if you are not trying to write a novel that fits the formula of a 'bestseller', you'll still find Brayfield's advice invaluable. If you only buy one book on writing, this should be the one.
One of the best!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I must agree with the author's comments on her own book- Bestseller is the best how-to book on novel writing, and I've read lots of them. Her advice is practical, useful, and well explained; she's one of the few authors who actually illustrates how to create a mind map-giving you an example from one of her published novels- instead of simply suggesting that it's something to think about doing. Brayfield writes with intelligence and empathy for beginning, struggling, and even successful writers. A must read for anyone contemplating writing a novel, and for those of us who are wrestling with the process.
Illuminating and energetic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
A detailed and entertaining dip into what it takes to become a successful novelist. You might find yourself tearing up your own previous attempts at writing greatness after reading this book, but the perspective is fresh, relevant and well supported by examples from many of the most successful writers of our age, so my feeling is you would profit from it in the end. Highly readable and illuminating.
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