‘Writing Your First Novel’ is the companion that will tell you what you need to know in order to begin your journey. Full of insight and wit, it combines expertise on how to successfully bring your story to the page with advice on the practicalities of how to get started in the first place… and how to keep on going until the end.
‘Writing Your First Novel’ covers:
+ Creating Believable Characters
+ Making Your Characters Talk
+ The Importance of Setting
+ Finding the Plot
+ Who Tells the Story and How?
+ Settling Down and Making It Happen
+ Sustaining Your Momentum
60-Minute Masterclasses are expert ebooks that help you do more with your creative writing, journalism and entrepreneurship. Locking on to the stuff that you actually need to know, each title is a precise, practical pointer on the matters that matter most.
Shelley Weiner is the author of five novels and widely known as an inspirational creative writing tutor and nurturer of new talent. South African-born, she worked as a journalist, PR writer and editor in a publishing house before turning to fiction. She is a regular tutor for Guardian Masterclasses, the Faber Academy, Skyros Writers’ Lab, and The Literary Consultancy. A sought-after mentor on the prestigious Gold Dust panel, she served for five years as a Royal Literary Fund Fellow.