Read This if You Want to Be a Great Writer
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Read This if You Want to Be a Great Writer

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eBook - PDF

Read This if You Want to Be a Great Writer

About this book

This book demystifies the writing process, empowering you to write your own novel or short story. Acclaimed author Ross Raisin explains expert technique in a clear and jargon-free way, with examples from twenty-five masters of prose. For aspiring writers of all ages and abilities, Read This If You Want to Be a Great Writer will motivate and strengthen your writing talent.Read This if You Want to Be A Great Writer is part of the internationally-bestselling 'Read This' series, which has sold over half-a-million books worldwide and has been translated into over 20 languages.Coming soon:Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing People by Selwyn Leamy (September 2019) More titles in the 'Read This' series:Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs by Henry Carroll (9781780673356)Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of People by Henry Carroll (9781780676241)Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of Places by Henry Carroll (9781780679051)Use This if You Want to Take Great Photographs: A Photo Journal by Henry Carroll (9781780678887)Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing by Selwyn Leamy (9781786270542)Use This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing by Selwyn Leamy (9781786274052)Read This if You Want to Be Instagram Famous edited by Henry Carroll (9781780679679)

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction: The Seed
  3. Chapter One: First steps
  4. Chapter Two: Technique
  5. Chapter Three: Honing
  6. Index
  7. Text credits
  8. Picture credits
  9. About the author / acknowledgements