Wednesday, August 29, 2012

How to write a novel

At the TLS, Tim Shippey on a posthumous collection of nonfiction by Diana Wynne Jones.  To write a novel,
What you need (she says) is, first, the “flavour” of the book, second, the detail of at least two central scenes, and third, the voice that shouts “NOW”.

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