Howard Mittelmark: How NOT to Write a Novel: 200 Mistakes to avoid at All Costs if You Ever Want to Get Published

by Newman, Sandra

ISBN: 9780141038544

Published: 2009

There are many ways prospective authors routinely sabotage their own work. But why leave it to guesswork? This title shows how you can ensure that your manuscript never rises above the level of unpublishable drivel; that your characters are unpleasant, dimensionless versions of yourself; and that your plot is digressive, tedious and unconvincing.