Im wondering about going to the Winchester Literary Festival this year in June but its very expensive! What are your opinions on whether it will be worthwhile or just another way of getting money out of desperate people?
Im wondering about going to the Winchester Literary Festival this year in June but its very expensive! What are your opinions on whether it will be worthwhile or just another way of getting money out of desperate people?
I'm a fan of Joanne Harris, but to quote Margaret Atwood - Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pâté.
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Hayley, there will always be festivals. The cheapest option is to buy these books on creative writing. I promise you won't regret it.
Aspects of The Novel by E. M. Forster, author of Passage to India, Room with A View and Howards End.
The Elements of Style (Fourth Edition) by William Strunk jr. and E. B. White, author of Charlotte's Web
Learning to Write Fiction from the Masters - Barnaby Conrad (In my opinion the best book on creative writing)
Solutions for Novelists - The Secrets of a Master Editor - Sol Stein. (Sol formed the Actors Studio in America with famous authors and playwrights. He was a publisher, editor, best-selling author and award winning lecture on creative writing at American Universities. Famous authors and playwrights came to his lectures.
The Art and Craft of Novel Writing - Oakley Hall. (A friend of Sol Stein) 'Learning to Write Fiction from the Masters' by Barnaby Conrad (In my opinion the best creative writing guide on the planet)
Check the reviews on Amazon. You can get cheap second hand copies.
They are the best books I have read on how to write.