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# How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II: Advanced Techniques For Dramatic Storytelling

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Bestselling author James N. Frey's How to Write a Damn Good Novel remains one of the most widely used guides ever published for aspiring authors. "Damn good" fiction is dramatic fiction, Frey insists, whether it is by Hemingway or Grisham, Le Carré or Ludlum, Austen or Dickens. Despite their differences, these authors' works share common elements: strong narrative lines, fascinating characters, steadily building conflicts, and satisfying conclusions. Here, in How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II , Frey offers powerful advanced techniques to build suspense, create fresher, more interesting characters, and achieve greater reader sympathy, empathy, and identification. How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II also warns against the pseudo-rules often inflicted upon writers, rules such as "The author must always be invisible" and "You must stick to a single viewpoint in a scene," which cramp the imagination and deaden the narrative. Frey focuses instead on promises that the author makes to the reader―promises about character, narrative voice, story type, and so on, which must be kept if the reader is to be satisfied. This book is rich, instructive, honest, and often tellingly funny about the way writers sometimes fail their readers and themselves.

## Features

- Frey ( How To Write a Damn Good Novel , St. Martin's, 1987) here expands on his earlier take on the art of novel writing.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #1,393,032 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #702 in Words, Language & Grammar Reference #1,059 in Authorship Reference #1,904 in Writing Skill Reference (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 161 Reviews |

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