Wannabe a Writer?

, by Wenham-Jones, Jane

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ISBN: 9781905170814 | 1905170815
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 2/28/2009

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A hilarious, informative guide to getting into print from a successful British novelist and journalist.

Introduction	p. 1
In the Beginning	p. 3
Becoming a Writer Part 1 How it was for me	p. 3
Becoming a Writer Part 2 Could it be for you?	p. 9
So You Think You've Got a Book in You?	p. 11
Quiz - Have You Got What it Takes to Write it?	p. 12
Having a go - How, Why, When?	p. 16
Bloody Computers	p. 17
A Room of One's Own	p. 20
Now I've Started...	p. 23
Discipline and Displacement	p. 23
How to Write When There's no Time	p. 24
What am I Going to Write About?	p. 26
Other Ways to Get Ideas	p. 35
Genre	p. 38
To Plan or Not to Plan	p. 41
The Post-it and Card Approach	p. 45
Index Cards	p. 46
Thread Charts	p. 48
Spider Charts	p. 51
The Wallpaper Roll	p. 53
Black and White Boards	p. 53
Grow a Novel in a Folder	p. 54
Mind the Gap!	p. 55
Suck it and See	p. 56
Voice	p. 56
Losing the Plot	p. 58
Research - Do You or Don't You?	p. 60
Character and Dialogue and Things to Forget	p. 62
Character	p. 62
Dialogue	p. 62
The Tedious Bits - Stuff You Must Remember	p. 67
Grammar and Punctuation	p. 73
About Layout	p. 74
Things You Can Forget	p. 75
The Most Important Thing of All	p. 77
...I'll	p. Finish
Keeping Going - Discipline and Displacement Part Two	p. 77
Emails - the Hidden Time-eaters	p. 78
Routine	p. 80
What to do about Writers' Block	p. 83
Keeping it Going	p. 83
Waste Not Want Not	p. 86
Foibles and Superstitions	p. 92
Novels are Not the Only Fruit	p. 97
Writing as Therapy	p. 97
Writing as Revenge	p. 101
A Word of Warning	p. 103
Another Word of Warning	p. 106
Memoirs and Lite Stories	p. 108
Other Non-Fiction	p. 110
Wannabe a Journalist?	p. 114
Short Stories	p. 126
Other Sorts of Writing (the sort I know nothing about)	p. 129
Mottos	p. 129
Greetings Cards	p. 129
Writing Plays	p. 130
Writing for TV	p. 131
Writing Film Scripts	p. 132
Wannabe a Restaurant Critic?	p. 133
Useful Things Along the Way	p. 135
Friends called Lynne	p. 235
Writers' Groups	p. 139
Writers' Organisations	p. 141
The Writers' Conference	p. 143
Prizes and Competitions	p. 145
The Benefits of Alcohol	p. 148
Occupational Hazards	p. 149
Writer's Bottom	p. 149
Top Diets For Fat Scribes	p. 153
Repetitive Strain Injury	p. 159
Jealousy	p. 163
Snobbery	p. 165
Stress	p. 167
On Being Vile to Live With	p. 169
Other Things to Consider	p. 171
Sex	p. 171
Money	p. 173
Smoking	p. 176
Handbags and the Offside Rule	p. 176
Copyright	p. 177
At the End...	p. 179
What to Do When You've Finished	p. 179
The Dreaded Synopsis	p. 181
Finding an Agent (how not to)	p. 185
Finding an Agent (the right way)	p. 196
A Word About Publishers	p. 200
Rejections and How to Deal with Them	p. 207
Keeping the Faith, and Keeping Your Chin up	p. 212
E-Publishing	p. 215
Self-publishing	p. 216
Vanity Publishing	p. 217
Deals and How to Celebrate	p. 217
Launch Parties	p. 218
Which is only the Beginning...	p. 219
Fantasies and Myths	p. 219
Back to Earth - The Grim Reality of Sales	p. 219
Richard & Judy	p. 221
Putting it About - The Art of Exposing Oneself	p. 226
Book Signings	p. 227
Do You Need a Website?	p. 228
Useful Info	p. 231
Still Wannabe a Writer?	p. 233
A Funny Game To Be In	p. 233
Wannabe a Writer?	p. 234
Index	p. 251
Novel-Writing Competition	p. 261
Website	p. 265
Notes	p. 267
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