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The blockbusting novel is the stuff of writers dreams. In How to Write a Blockbuster Sarah Harrison draws on her own experience to tell you what you can do to make that dream into a reality.In this entertaining and inspiring guide she offers advice and observations on: * What constitutes a blockbuster* Ideas* Planning* Working methods* Research* Characterization* Story* Style* PromotionAs well as a wealth of practical information, she covers the less-discussed, but equally important areas of attitude, approach, morale and self-motivation.
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When searching for your first 'How to write' book you want one that covers all aspects. Next search for books on certain topics, eg. Chracters, scenes, or which area you could do with help.
How to write a blockbuster is this starting point. Written by Sarah Harrison it reads well. The type you can kick back and enjoy without feeling your wading through the next war and peace. She covers from the 'BIG' idea, the Grand Plan, who's in it, tension, ending, and words on selling the final product.
How to write a blockbuster is this starting point. Written by Sarah Harrison it reads well. The type you can kick back and enjoy without feeling your wading through the next war and peace. She covers from the 'BIG' idea, the Grand Plan, who's in it, tension, ending, and words on selling the final product.
But like all these books they either, never cover the topics in enough detail, or don't bother at all leaving you to buy many and pick the best bits. This book sits somewhere in the middle, a worthy buy, extreamly enjoyable, and many good ideas that will help you on your way.
So if your serious about writing you could do a lot worse. Just don't expect the millions to come rolling in straight away.
A very enlightening book giving an insite into the approach in writing a book from an established author.Sarah Harrison writes with a mixture of humour and the serious yet giving good advice 'get on with your writing,DO IT YOUR WAY'
An inspiring book,I only hope I can maintain her enthusiasm in my own new writings.
I fully recommend this book.
An inspiring book,I only hope I can maintain her enthusiasm in my own new writings.
I fully recommend this book.
Sarah Harrison offers a warning at the start of the book that it contains much opinion, some of which you may not agree with, which is a fair assessment of its contents. It is a very opinionated book, offering much anecdotal evidence about what blockbusters must contain but few hard facts. As such, is it a waste of time to read it? Well, not entirely...
This is less a 'How to write a blockbuster' but 'How I wrote a blockbuster', so it does offer one woman's insight and experience regarding the publishing process. While you may not of heard of the author (I hadn't), a few of her books have achieved some success and she explains some of the highlights (reader enthusiasm) and pitfalls (no one at signings) that may occur after you succeed in writing your blockbuster and enter the promo-circuit. She also encourages individuality, offers some general similarities between top-selling blockbusters and tells you to obey and assist the publishing industry experts as they push your book to market.
Where this book really falls down, I feel, is the lack of exercises for an aspiring writer. The style seems dated, as though Ms Harrison is an old-style school-ma'am patrolling the front of the class and expounding what blockbusters are, rather than a helpful tutor encouraging students to explore, invent and achieve their own good writing. As I said at the start, however, I don't think this is entirely a waste of your reading time.
Harrison has been through what a lot of aspiring writers want to put themselves through and this is very much her personal story regarding the process. This book is a genteel kick in the pants to just WRITE and to focus your efforts on creating the very best story you can as only you can tell it. It's an odd and old-fashioned book with a good heart, I think, but a reader coming to it really shouldn't expect it to demonstrate the 'how to' it boasts on the cover.
This is less a 'How to write a blockbuster' but 'How I wrote a blockbuster', so it does offer one woman's insight and experience regarding the publishing process. While you may not of heard of the author (I hadn't), a few of her books have achieved some success and she explains some of the highlights (reader enthusiasm) and pitfalls (no one at signings) that may occur after you succeed in writing your blockbuster and enter the promo-circuit. She also encourages individuality, offers some general similarities between top-selling blockbusters and tells you to obey and assist the publishing industry experts as they push your book to market.
Where this book really falls down, I feel, is the lack of exercises for an aspiring writer. The style seems dated, as though Ms Harrison is an old-style school-ma'am patrolling the front of the class and expounding what blockbusters are, rather than a helpful tutor encouraging students to explore, invent and achieve their own good writing. As I said at the start, however, I don't think this is entirely a waste of your reading time.
Harrison has been through what a lot of aspiring writers want to put themselves through and this is very much her personal story regarding the process. This book is a genteel kick in the pants to just WRITE and to focus your efforts on creating the very best story you can as only you can tell it. It's an odd and old-fashioned book with a good heart, I think, but a reader coming to it really shouldn't expect it to demonstrate the 'how to' it boasts on the cover.
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