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Covers structure, audience, location, character, theme, research, plot, suspense, endings, and style, and includes advice on the practical aspects of getting published
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British author Brayfield here expounds on the art of producing popular fiction, focusing on what leads to bestsellerdom. She covers content, research, planning, style, and finding a publisher, illustrating her points with passages from best-selling authors such as Scott Turow and John le Carre. Brayfield wisely emphasizes that successful authors do not produce best sellers without understanding their readers; she even shows the importance of understanding the role of books in readers' lives by including an appendix surveying the habits and preferences of 100 readers from different walks of life. Brayfield's information-packed work will be popular with new writers. Recommended for public libraries.?Lisa J. Cihlar, Winfield P.L., Ill.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherFourth Estate
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1857023838
- ISBN 13 9781857023831
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages274
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