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The Novelist's Notebook (Hardcover)

by Laurie Henry (Author) "Imagine that a reader has just told a librarian at a large public library how much he loves your book and that he would like..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 138 pages
  • Publisher: Writer's Digest Books (Dec 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1884910424
  • ISBN-13: 978-1884910425
  • Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 18.9 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,334,173 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Laurie Henry nurtures writers throughout the long and sometimes lonely task of writing a novel. Her imaginative activities offer ways to approach every stage of the process, from creating characters to shaping the story, from exploring themes to revising and polishing. She helps writers develop a schedule, conduct research, benefit from bad days, even think of a title. Each activity also includes an inspiring quote from a well-known writer--Austen, Dickens, Fitzgerald, Naylor, Rice, Updike, Roth, Kingslover, and many others. The keen sense of risk and play that runs throughout "The Novelist’s Notebook" will lead writers to create richer, livelier work.

Sample exercise: Create a document written by one of your characters--a job application or resume, a high school essay, a list of New Year’s resolutions, a peculiar grocery list. Your goal is to explore some aspect of the character that would not be clear through the portrayal of his thoughts and actions alone.

About the author: Laurie Henry is the author of "The Fiction Dictionary" and is associate editor of "STORY" magazine. She teaches at Raymond Walters College, a branch of the University of Cincinnati.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great tool for the aspiring author or the seasoned one, 14 April 2002
By Mary C "NurseMare" (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This nice hardcover book is exactly what it says it is -- The Novelist's Notebook. It is in journal format with key notes on each page with plenty of space left for you to write your own thoughts and answers to the questions Ms. Henry poses.

The book is broken down into categories: Planning, Beginning to Write, Necessities, Possibilities, When You're Stuck, Double-Checking and Revising. Each of those categies has multiple subtopis and writing prompts, advice, and quotes from published authors.

I believe this book would be helpful in any stage of the writing process, whether you are a published author or not. The ideas and exercises would be useful with your first book all the way through your last. Though you can certainly write in the book, I have found I can also use it along with my writer's notebook -- that spiral notebook we all carry everywhere.

I'm thrilled with the format and content of this book and am very glad I purchased it. Buy it, you won't be sorry.

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