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Start writing fiction - Audio

Start writing fiction - Audio

The Open University

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 Roffey. This enlightening and engaging series tackles the practicalities and pitfalls of writing fiction. It contains invaluable advice on the creation of characters, the structure of narratives and how to turn an idea into the book you’ve always wanted to write. This material forms part of The Open University course A174 Start writing fiction. (New and updated content added July 2009)

Start writing fiction

Start writing fiction

An introduction to this album.

Jul 7, 2009

54 sec

Transcript -- Start writing fiction

Transcript -- Start writing fiction

An introduction to this album.

Jul 7, 2009

Starting the writing process

Starting the writing process

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

Jul 7, 2009

10 min

Transcript -- Starting the writing process

Transcript -- Starting the writing process

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

Jul 7, 2009

Researching and influencing your fiction

Researching and influencing your fiction

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

Jul 7, 2009

7 min

Transcript -- Researching and influencing your fiction

Transcript -- Researching and influencing your fiction

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

Jul 7, 2009

Characters and genre

Characters and genre

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

Jul 7, 2009

10 min

Transcript -- Characters and genre

Transcript -- Characters and genre

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

Jul 7, 2009

Narrative and structural techniques

Narrative and structural techniques

Technical methods of storytelling and how to structure a book.

Jul 7, 2009

11 min

Transcript -- Narrative and structural techniques

Transcript -- Narrative and structural techniques

Technical methods of storytelling and how to structure a book.

Jul 7, 2009

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