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This album provides the budding author with everything they need to know about approaching the art of fiction writing. Each track contains discussions and interviews with best-selling novelists from a variety of backgrounds including Alex Garland, Louis de Bernières, Abdulrazak Gurnah and Monique Ro…

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    • Jul 7, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 7m AVG DURATION
    • 14 EPISODES


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    Start writing fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009 0:54


    An introduction to this album.

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    Transcript -- Start writing fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009


    Transcript -- An introduction to this album.

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    Starting the writing process

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009 10:07


    Here, the novelists on the panel discuss what first attracted them to writing prose and what writing means to them.

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    Transcript -- Starting the writing process

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009


    Transcript -- Here, the novelists on the panel discuss what first attracted them to writing prose and what writing means to them.

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    Researching and influencing your fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009 7:25


    In order to write, every novelist must read. The importance of reading and how this can influence your own style.

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    Transcript -- Researching and influencing your fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009


    Transcript -- In order to write, every novelist must read. The importance of reading and how this can influence your own style.

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    Characters and genre

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009 10:37


    How do you create a believable character, and how can genre hinder or help a writer?

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    Transcript -- Characters and genre

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009


    Transcript -- How do you create a believable character, and how can genre hinder or help a writer?

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    Narrative and structural techniques

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009 11:01


    Technical methods of storytelling and how to structure a book.

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    Transcript -- Narrative and structural techniques

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009


    Transcript -- Technical methods of storytelling and how to structure a book.

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    Redrafting and editing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009 6:12


    Good writing isn’t really about writing – it’s about rewriting. The crucial aspects to consider in the editing process, including the pace and precision of your prose.

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    Transcript -- Redrafting and editing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009


    Transcript -- Good writing isn’t really about writing – it’s about rewriting. The crucial aspects to consider in the editing process, including the pace and precision of your prose.

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    How to keep going

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009 7:26


    Examining the importance of a writer’s own experience and how this feeds into prose. The value of self-criticism and how to keep writing when the going gets tough.

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    Transcript -- How to keep going

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2009


    Transcript -- Examining the importance of a writer’s own experience and how this feeds into prose. The value of self-criticism and how to keep writing when the going gets tough.

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