Start writing fiction - Audio

by The Open University
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This album provides the budding author with everything they need to know about approaching the art of fiction writing. Each track contains discussions and interviews with best-selling novelists from a variety of backgrounds including Alex Garland, Louis de Bernières, Abdulrazak Gurnah and Monique Roffey. This enlightening and engaging series tackles the practicalities and pitfalls of writing fiction. It contains invaluable advice on the creation of characters, the structure of narratives and how to turn an idea into the book you’ve always wanted to write. This material forms part of The Open University course A174 Start writing fiction. (New and updated content added July 2009)

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  • Start writing fiction
    Jul 8, 2009 – 00:00:54
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  • Starting the writing process
    Jul 8, 2009 – 00:10:07
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  • Researching and influencing your fiction
    Jul 8, 2009 – 00:07:25
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  • Characters and genre
    Jul 8, 2009 – 00:10:37
  • Transcript -- Characters and genre
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  • Narrative and structural techniques
    Jul 8, 2009 – 00:11:01
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  • Redrafting and editing
    Jul 8, 2009 – 00:06:12
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  • How to keep going
    Jul 8, 2009 – 00:07:26
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Recent Reviews
  • Up An Coming
    Where Are We Now
    I like to say,it's helping me understand more about writing a book,I let my son listing to it so he can have more understanding to,he have a project he have to do about rewriting a book in his own words,so I think this would be a big help for him an me. PS, Thanks guys!
  • tresvinos
    Short stories
    Have been thinking about writing and listening to these individuals I became aware that I should seriously consider putting my thoughts into short stories. Please provide information on poems as well. Thank you.
  • pradorenata
    Great podcast
    I would like some more!
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