Writing Genre Fiction: A Guide to the Craft - Softcover

Milhorn MD, H Thomas; Milhorn, Howard T

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581129181 ISBN 13: 9781581129182

Publisher: Universal Publishers, 2006

Synopsis

Several years ago, after many years of writing nonfiction, I decided to write a novel-a medical thriller in the mold of Robin Cook, Michael Crichton, and Michael Palmer. The problem was that, although I knew how to write and had received a number of awards for nonfiction works, I didn't know the how to write fiction. So, before putting fingers to keyboard I did a thorough search of the literature, which included reading numerous books and hundreds of website articles. What I discovered was that there simply wasn't one good source from which to learn the craft of writing genre fiction. "Writing Genre Fiction: A Guide to the Craft" is the book I was looking for when I set out on my quest to learn how to write fiction. It is an attempt to share what I learned from my research. It covers the six key elements of genre fiction; the various genres and subgenres; a large number of genre-fiction writing techniques; plot, subplots, and parallel plots; structure; scene and sequel; characterization; dialogue; emotions; and body language. It also covers additional information about copyrighting and plagiarism, where to get ideas, manuscript formatting and revision, and query letters and synopses. In addition, an appendix covers a large number of grammar tips.

Edition details

• Publisher: Universal Publishers
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1581129181
• ISBN 13: 9781581129182
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 362