![]() ![]() Writers looking for practical insights will find this book to be of great merit. ![]() For those looking to access the same passion that might drive a Thoreau or Virginia Woolf, George is not a go-to. Another strength is an emphasis on hard work: George describes, for example, her exhaustive process of writing every major character’s backstory. Aspiring authors will likely have already heard her advice in one form or other, but the examples make it tangible and usable. The book’s great strength is in using excerpts from her 2008 novel, Careless in Red, to illustrate potentially abstract ideas, such as the choice among providing new situations, information, characters, or character agendas to create a turning point in the plot. ![]() She concentrates on explaining how she attends to character development, setting, dialogue, and developing plot points, offering exercises at each chapter’s end. As the author of twenty-four novels, Elizabeth George is one of the most successful-and prolific-novelists today. ![]() Not one to wait for inspiration, George goes about her writing process like a job-a “challenging and deeply satisfying,” but still step-by-step, routine. Mystery author George ( The Punishment She Deserves) demonstrates her own cardinal virtues of writing-careful organization and meticulous attention to detail-in this skillful guide to creating a novel. ![]()
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