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      Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction

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      A comprehensive and intelligent guide to writing historical fiction, with practical tips, exercises, and expert advice.
      Do you have a compelling vision for a story set in the past? Are you inspired by novelists such as Alan Furst and Philippa Gregory? Get Started in...

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      Product ID:9781473609662
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction
      Authors:Author: Emma Darwin
      Page Count:272
      Subjects:Creative writing and creative writing guides, Creative writing & creative writing guides, English
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      A comprehensive and intelligent guide to writing historical fiction, with practical tips, exercises, and expert advice.
      Do you have a compelling vision for a story set in the past? Are you inspired by novelists such as Alan Furst and Philippa Gregory? Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction is designed for anyone who wants to write in this exciting and wide-ranging genre of fiction, whatever your favorite style and era.

      Designed to build your confidence and help fire up creativity, this book is an essential guide to mastering the practicalities of writing historical fiction, showing you where to start with research, developing your plots, and convincingly and imaginatively capturing the voices of the past.

      Using Snapshots designed to get you writing quickly, Key Ideas to help crystallize thought, and a wealth of supplementary materials, this indispensable guide will have you telling amazing and rich historical stories in no time. You''ll learn to research and plan your story, practice developing characters and settings, perfect your characters'' voices, and transport the reader to another era.

      ABOUT THE SERIES
      TheTeach Yourself Creative Writing series helps aspiring authors tell their stories. Covering a range of genres from science fiction and romantic novels to illustrated children''s books and comedy, this series is packed with advice, exercises, and tips for unlocking creativity and improving your writing. And because we know how daunting the blank page can be, we set up the Just Write online community, at tyjustwrite.com, for budding authors and successful writers to connect and share.

      Imprint Name:Teach Yourself
      Publisher Name:John Murray Press
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2016-03-10

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      Weight222 g
      Dimensions199 × 129 × 17 mm