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Eight Million Ways to Write a Novel
When you want to write a novel, you'd better take a couple of aspirin, lie in a dark room, and wait quietly for the urge to pass. If that enthusiasm doesn't die out, it's time to get down to business—or at least listen to the advice of Lawrence Block, who has probably made more mistakes writing than you've ever read. What novel should I write? How to draw up an outline? What should I do when I get stuck? How to increase the probability of your work being published? From writing the first word to
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Bullock's Novel Writing Handbook
"Block's Novel Writing Handbook" is a must-read work based on Lawrence Block's most popular columns in "Author's Digest". It provides an in-depth look at the creative context and tells you what kind of profession the novel is and how to develop your writing skills. His suggestions are all based on experience, allowing writers to stay in the creative game, avoid pitfalls, and travel freely. Starting from analyzing the market, to how to demand oneself, "creative procrastination", to dealing with t
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Writing for Your Life: a One-Day Course on Bullock's Fiction
This book is a writing guide by the famous detective novel master Lawrence Block. It is a summary of his experience and is adapted from the "Writing for Life" training class founded by Block in the 1980s. It is a practical psychological guidance and motivational guide for writing. This book does not talk about specific writing techniques, nor does it teach specific issues such as how to build a structure. Instead, it uses several practical psychological exercises to prepare for writing, so that
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Eight Million Ways to Die
This book tells the story of the various bizarre ways in which eight million citizens of New York City died. An innocent person will be killed just watching TV at home, a neighbor who has lived next to him for decades will die violently due to a dispute over a new pet... Everyone has their own way of dying - no one can escape it, especially in New York, a bizarre and sinful city.
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A Thief Waiting for an Opportunity to Strike
Bernie Rodenbarr is a thief who has been in prison twice. This time he was entrusted to steal a blue box in a luxury apartment. Things are never that simple... The blue box was not stolen, but there was a body lying in the bedroom. Bernie has since become a wanted criminal. He sneaks into a friend's empty fan and hides, trying to prove his innocence with the help of a beautiful neighbor. Follow Rodenbarr through his crazy criminal career and you will discover that this thief will steal your hear
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A Thief Waiting for an Opportunity to Strike
Bernie Rodenbarr is a thief who has been in prison twice. This time he was entrusted to steal a blue box in a luxury apartment. Things are never that simple... The blue box was not stolen, but there was a body lying in the bedroom. Bernie has since become a wanted criminal. He sneaks into a friend's empty fan and hides, trying to prove his innocence with the help of a beautiful neighbor. Follow Rodenbarr through his crazy criminal career and you will discover that this thief will steal your hear
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Eight Million Ways to Die
There are eight million people in this city and eight million kinds of loneliness. There is always someone willing to listen to your loneliness.
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