About this title: "Like a muse for the writer, Oakley Hall thoughtfully leads us past the sinkholes of cliches, flat prose, and self-conscious writing and guides us toward the magic of vivid and original storytelling. ...An essential resource for any writer -- beginning, published, or just plain stuck". -- Amy Tan Oakley Hall cites the works and methods of such great novelists as John Steinbeck, Joyce Carol Oates, Leo Tolstoy, Agatha Christie and Milan Kundera to show readers what works in the novel, and why. This book features advice on taking a novel through each of its stages, from the beginning of an idea ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780898793468ISBN:0898793467
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. ******PLEASE NOTE****** Orders placed after Dec. 7 cannot be guaranteed delivery before Christmas unless you select EXPEDITED shipping! Thank you & Happy Holidays! read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780898793468ISBN:0898793467
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 219 p. Audience: General/trade. hardback, dustcover in good condition, label of owner inside front page. otherwise in good condition. pages intact, no writing. read more
Description: Good. 1884910025 This book is in Good Used Condition. The Book shows some signs of wear. There may be some markings inside the book. 100% Money Back Guarantee! ! ! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Story Press, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781884910029ISBN:1884910025
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Moderate cover, edge wear. Pages very good, no writing. Like a muse for the writer, Oakley Hall thoughtfully leads us past the sinkholes of cliches, flat prose, and self-conscious writing and guides us toward the magic of vivid and original storytelling....An essential resource for any writer--beginning, published, or just plain stuck". --Amy Tan Oakley Hall cites the works and methods of such great novelists as John Steinbeck, Joyce Carol Oates, Leo Tolstoy, Agatha ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Date Published: 1989-02
ISBN-13:9780898793468ISBN:0898793467
Description: Like New. Like new hardcover in excellent condition with dust jacket intact, no writing, non-smoking home, clean text, binding tight, Christian business. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Story Pr, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9781884910029ISBN:1884910025
Description: New. No Jacket. First Edition, first printing paperback book. No shelf wear, no marks inside or out other than previous owner's name. I ship daily. read more
Description: Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly sun-toned dw. Remains particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. 1. pp. 219. read more
Description: Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly sun-toned dw. Remains particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
"Oakley Hall, now deceased, wrote this fabulous book and used it in his Creative Writing classes at University of Californis at Irvine. Hall won many awards for his own writing. Two novels were made into movies, Warlock and Down Hill Racer.
Take advantage of the knowledge in this instruction book. Then start writing !!!!"
"OK, Oakley is a guru of the craft. He's from my neck of the woods, a neighbor down in Irvine, so I can't go off on him. He might come over and write me to death. He's got great credentials but if you've been writing for some time, nothing new here. I actually read this book after I wrote my second novel (I've written several since), and found it quite enlightening. However, as any writer worth his/her salt will do, I ignored what didn't work for me, at least within the book I was writing. I always have a tough time with people who tell you how to doing something in the arts, for the arts are arts so that models can be broken. What if every band after Led Zepplin continued to sound like Led Zepplin. What if every rap group after Run-DMC. And so on. Art was meant to be broken. And thank heavens not everyone listens to gurus. But if you're looking for a good place to start (point of view, characterization, plotting, style, dialog, etc.) then jump in here. The water's fine."
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