Start writing fiction - Audio

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Start writing fiction - Audio

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)

  1. 07/07/2009

    Start writing fiction

    An introduction to this album.

    1 min

  2. 07/07/2009

    Transcript -- Start writing fiction

    An introduction to this album.

  3. 07/07/2009

    Starting the writing process

    Here, the novelists on the panel discuss what first attracted them to writing prose and what writing means to them.

    10 min

  4. 07/07/2009

    Transcript -- Starting the writing process

    Here, the novelists on the panel discuss what first attracted them to writing prose and what writing means to them.

  5. 07/07/2009

    Researching and influencing your fiction

    In order to write, every novelist must read. The importance of reading and how this can influence your own style.

    7 min

  6. 07/07/2009

    Transcript -- Researching and influencing your fiction

    In order to write, every novelist must read. The importance of reading and how this can influence your own style.

  7. 07/07/2009

    Characters and genre

    How do you create a believable character, and how can genre hinder or help a writer?

    11 min

  8. 07/07/2009

    Transcript -- Characters and genre

    How do you create a believable character, and how can genre hinder or help a writer?

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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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