Telling Lies for Fun and Profit : A Manual for Fiction Writers by Lawrence Block (1981, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100877953341

ISBN-139780877953340

eBay Product ID (ePID)1434417

Product Key Features

Publication Year1981

Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameTelling Lies for Fun and Profit : a Manual for Fiction Writers

LanguageEnglish

TypeTextbook

AuthorLawrence Block

FormatHardcover

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN81-066965

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal808.3

SynopsisCharacters refusing to talk? Plot plodding along? Where do good ideas come from anyway? In this wonderfully practical volume, two-time Edgar Award-winning novelist Lawrence Block takes an inside look at writing as a craft and as a career.From studying the market, to mastering self-discipline and "creative procrastination," through coping with rejections, Telling Lies for Fun & Profit is an invaluable sourcebook of information. It is a must read for anyone serious about writing or understanding how the process works., "I would urge other writers, at whatever point in their careers, to take the time to read this indispensable handbook....Telling Lies for Fun & Profit should be a permanent part of every writer's library." -- From the Introduction by Sue Grafton Characters refusing to talk? Plot plodding along? Where do good ideas come from anyway? In this wonderfully practical volume, two-time Edgar Award-winning novelist Lawrence Block takes an inside look at writing as a craft and as a career. From studying the market, to mastering self-discipline and "creative procrastination," through coping with rejections, Telling Lies for Fun & Profit is an invaluable sourcebook of information. It is a must read for anyone serious about writing or understanding how the process works.