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Nighttime Novelist: Finish Your Novel In Your Spare Time (2010)

by Joseph Bates(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1283485168 (ISBN13: 9781283485166)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Writer's Digest Books

review 1: I felt the title of this book was misleading. I thought it would contain information and tips on, as the subtitle says 'finish your novel in your spare time.' However, that seems like that might just be a gimmick to sell this book, because all it really is, is a guide explaining the structure of a novel. Can that be helpful? Definitely yes. But that's not what it was selling with it's title and blurb.
review 2: I don't know why I keep reading books about writing, when I hardly spend any time on my novel, and when one knows that the best way to learn about writing is to read, read, read and write, write, write. But there you go. This book had a lot of good information about writing, including: rounding out flat characters, shaping a novel into a three-act stru... morecture, excising poor plot points, making the right choice of pov, a checklist of cliched or ineffective openings, and much much more! At the end it also had quite a few worksheets to help you plan and revise your own novel. The design of the book is interesting as well, as it is in a coil binding, and the pages have colourful borders and designs. less

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