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Title: Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0-89879-208-8 Publisher: Writer's Digest Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1985 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Writing the Novel or Rewriting an Earlier Publication
Comment: I recently ordered and received Lawrence Block's book, 'Writing the Novel From Plot to Print.' IF you are very serious about writing a novel, this small book provides some thoughtful, though verbose information on tips and tricks and should and shouldn't's.
In the same order package, I purchased 'Telling Lies for Fun and Profit -- A Manuel for Fiction Writers.' I was very dissapointed to find that the second book was an almost verbatim version of the 'Writing the Novel...' book.
Keeping that in mind, if/when you order either of the books, go for the cheapest used version you can get of either because Mr. Block tells the same anecdotes, the same thoughts, and information in both books--almost verbatim.
I just wish that on either of the books information, either in Amazon or Printer's Editorial/Description, it would have been noted that the first book was a rewrite of the second (or vice versa).
As to the value of the information that is provided in either book--it's OK, but nothing earthshattering that will help you write a blockbuster novel. The text itself reads easily, as if you were having a conversation with Mr. Block in the same room. Very friendly and easy to understand--nothing you would need a college degree to comprehend.
Rating: 5
Summary: A page-turner
Comment: Some overlap with the material in Larry Block's "Telling Lies for Fun and Profit," but I'm still not sorry I got both. He will have you in stitches.
Rating: 5
Summary: You Can write that novel !
Comment: To be honest, I'm not sure if this is the book,, but I'm more sure than not. I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys writing, and has wondered if he or she is qualified to write a novel. Most people CAN write a noval. They just lack someone tellng them they can. No-this is not a step by step book. But if you understand where the original ideas come from, there are plenty of books, classes, internet sources, etc. to help you along. After I read Block's book, I was angered that we the public have been duped so long into thinking that the fiction writer's craft is mysterious. It does take work, but it is doeable. The thing that amazes me, is that the public allows itsself to pay someone else to entertain it, when if it would just try some of the stuff we learned at school, and at college, we would ALL be amazed at how much better and fresher the fiction would be that's available. If this is the guy that told us how we got "psycho" this is the book.After I read the book, I was shocked at how easy the ideas can flow. I loaned it to someone. I'm buying another copy!
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Title: Telling Lies for Fun & Profit by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0688132286 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King ISBN: 0743455967 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Spider, Spin Me a Web: A Handbook for Fiction Writers by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0688146902 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman ISBN: 068485743X Publisher: Fireside Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Beginnings, Middles & Ends by Nancy Kress ISBN: 0898799058 Publisher: Writer's Digest Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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