How Not to Write a Novel
200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid ThemA MisstepbyMisstep Guide
by Howard Mittelmark
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appears in Best Books on Writing, Writing, and Fiction.
Many writing books offer sound advice on how to write well. This is not one of those books. On the contrary, this is a collection of terrible, awkward, and laughably unreadable excerpts that will teach you what to avoid?at all costs?if you ever want your novel published.In How Not to Write a Novel, authors Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman distil...
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