So You Want to Write: How to Master the Craft of Writing Fiction and the Personal Narrative - Softcover

Piercy, Marge; Wood, Ira

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967952026 ISBN 13: 9780967952024

Publisher: Leapfrog Pr, 2001

Synopsis

Here is self help book for aspiring writers which has been written by an acclaimed author and a publisher. In So You Want to Write Marge Piercy teams up with novelist and publisher Ira Wood to offer a comprehensive and inspiring guide. Marge has been writing for 45 years and Ira for 25, and for the last ten years they have co-taught two popular master classes on how to write fiction. Their book offers excellent specific and highly motivating advice on how to: Begin a piece by seducing your reader; Create characters that are fully formed and intriguing; Master the elements of plotting fiction; Create a strategy for telling the story of your life; Write about painful material without coming off as a victim; Deal with continual rejection - and learn about agents, work habits and how much writers really earn

About this title

About the Author

Marge Piercy is renowned as both a poet and a novelist and has won the Arthur C. Clarke award. She is the author of fifteen books of poetry, including The Art of Blessing the Day and Early Grrrl. She lives in Cape Cod, US, with her husband, the novelist Ira Wood, and five cats.

Edition details

• Publisher: Leapfrog Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967952026
• ISBN 13: 9780967952024
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 223