How to Write Like Tolstoy [electronic resource] : A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers
Cohen, Richard2016
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A Spectator Best Book of the Year 'There are three rules for writing a novel,' Somerset Maugham once said. 'Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.' So how to bring characters to life, find a voice, kill your darlings, avoid plagiarism (or choose not to), or run that most challenging of literary gauntlets—writing a good sex scene? Veteran editor and author Richard Cohen takes us on a fascinating excursion into the lives and minds of our greatest writers—from Balzac and Eliot to Woolf and Nabokov, through to Zadie Smith and Stephen King, with a few mischievous detours to Tolstoy along the way. In a glittering tour d'horizon, he lays bare their tricks, motivations, techniques, obsessions and flaws.
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Cohen, Richard, Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : Oneworld Publications, 2016
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
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9781786070227
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English
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2801328
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