Дополнительная Информация

Описание

xiv, 253 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Серия

Teach yourself books

Teach yourself books.

Summary

"Get started in writing historical fiction is designed for anyone who wants to write in this exciting and wide ranging genre of fiction, whatever your favourite style and era. Designed to build your confidence and help fire up creativity, this book is an essential guide to mastering the practicalities of writing historical fiction, showing you where to start with research, how to develop your plots, and how to convincingly and imaginatively capture the voices of the past."--Page 4 of cover.

Библиография

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-250) and index.

Содержание

Why are you drawn to historical fiction? -- Characters-in-action -- Imagining the past -- Researching the past -- Hearing the voices : prose (i) -- Story and plot : structure -- How might you tell you story? : prose (ii) -- Different shapes of story : form -- Different kinds of story : genre -- Bringing it all together : process -- What next? : going further, getting published.

Тема

Historical fiction -- Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing.

REFERENCE / Writing Skills.

Historical fiction -- Authorship.

Жанр/Форма

Handbook

Handbooks and manuals.

Handbooks and manuals.

Дополнительное заглавие

Writing historical fiction

ISBN

9781473609662 (paperback)

1473609666 (paperback)

9781473609679 (ebook)