How NOT to Write A Novel

How not to write a novel: the only How to do it book that tells you not to do it!

Forget the How to... books on writing; this is the book that tells you how not to write a novel.

Every week, agents and publishers in this country receive hundreds of manuscripts from would-be authors. Of these, fewer than one per cent will make it into print.

David Armstrong was one of the one per-centers, his first crime novel plucked from the ‘slush pile’ at HarperCollins and published to acclaim.

But this book is not only for writers, it’s for readers, too. An A to Z of the disappointments, frustrations, delays, rejections – and occasional joys – of a writer’s life, there`s something here for anyone who’s interested in what’s really involved in being a writer.

‘Nobody knows anything,` says Armstrong: huge advances paid for books which fail; JK Rowling’s Harry Potter – sales to date nearly 150 million copies – turned down by some of the country’s biggest publishers.

But with five highly-praised crime novels published during the last eight years, David Armstrong’s only partly right – this is a book written by someone who clearly does know about the agonising road into print.

From Agents to Zeitgeist, via Editors, Launches, Publicity and yes, even Harry Potter, this is a book written by someone who really does know.

If you’re thinking of becoming a writer, read it.
If you’re still writing at the end of it, you’d better accept it: you’re probably a writer too!

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SKU SKU893

ISBN Number 0749006803

Author David Armstrong

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