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The Fire in Fiction

Paperback • 2009 • English • 1. edition

The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose, and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great

By Donald Maass

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About the book

Discover the Difference Between a So-So Manuscript and a Novel Readers Can't Forget We've all read them: novels by our favorite authors that disappoint. Uninspired and lifeless, we wonder what happened. Was the author in a hurry? Did she have a bad year? Has he lost interest altogether? Something similar is true of a great many unpublished manuscripts. They are okay stories that never take flight. They don't grip the imagination, let alone the heart. They merit only a shrug and a polite dismis...Show more

Afrofuturism / Black Speculative fiction
Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy
Fantasy romance

Book details

ISBN

9781582975061

Publisher

Writer's Digest Books

Published year

2009

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Fire in Fiction

Format

Paperback

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