Hi
My sister has read my manuscript through and while she enjoyed the story she has suggested I perhaps read something about creative writing, to increase my skill of the art
Can anyone suggest such books? Or whether I might be best off attending evening classes or someing similar at a local uni (mine being Bedford)
Thanks in advance
My tutor from Cardiff Uni (who is also a novelist and ghost writer) has put the fundamentals of her 10 week uni course into a book. You can find it here.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Novel-Plan-Write-ebook/dp/B00ELJGKDW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381164994&sr=1-1&keywords=lynne+barrett-lee
Thanks, will definitely look into those
A would-be authors MUST HAVE books on creative writing.
'The Elements of Style' ( Fourth Edition) by William Strunk jr. and E. B. White (Charlotte's Web)
'Learning to Write Fiction from the Masters' by Barnaby Conrad (In my opinion the best creative writing guide on the planet)
'Solutions for Novelists - The Secrets of a Master Editor' by Sol Stein. (Sol was a friend of Barnaby Conrad)
'Sol Stein on Writing' by Sol Stein. (Sol Stein was a publisher and best-selling author, who won awards for his lectures on creative writing at American Universities).
Check the reviews on Amazon. You can get cheap second hand copies.
They are the best books I have read on creative writing.