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A manual for reading and writing better from the acclaimed author of The End of Mr Y and Our Tragic Universe Exploring how fiction works this manual shows you how you can learn to understand it well enough to crack open any fictional narrative and if you like start creating your own Have you ever had your heart broken or broken?. Over the years I’ve amassed a whole shelf of ‘how to’ books on writing Some have disappointed me Their blurbs promise the allure of unlocking the deepest darkest secrets of constructing the perfect narrative but don’t always follow through Others are invaluable and I find I recommend them time and time again to writing students and consultancy clients But for the most part they tend to focus on one aspect of the craft A lecturer in creative writing at the University of Kent Scarlett Thomas has gathered together in Monkeys With Typewriters a wide ranging amount of material – on plot characters narrative mode and the craft of line by line writing – and boiled it down in a common sense way She writes with such warmth and reader friendliness that you feel like you’re getting a personal one to one tutorialThe book contains an impressive summary of theory especially on plot – thousands of years’ worth of it into readable and manageable form You don’t have to go away and read Aristotle or Plato because Thomas boils it down to what you need and presents it in a practical way But having been shown the way it would guide you through what you need to know from these classicsMore than that though Thomas’ book is a rare gem a guide to which can also be read by non writers who want to understand the power of story Some parts are a guide to creative processes in general the chapter ‘How To Have Ideas’ comes out of Thomas’ research into ideation idea generation and is a brilliant method which could be put to use in everyday life not just when planning novels ‘How To Write A Novel’ somehow demystifies a process that our culture somehow turns into a dark art Not that Thomas is saying it is an easy thing Just that if you want to write and you think you have it in you you can approach novel writing with a light heart ‘If writing feels to you like a job or a chore then your idea isn’t good enough It’s as simple as that’Monkeys With Typewriters will have a prominent place on my ‘how to’ bookshelf from now on And yes I’ll be recommending it to everyone I know who writes andor loves stories
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Monkeys with TypewritersEr felt trapped Have you ever gossiped felt bad about it and then found that you've been the subject of gossip yourself Have you ever basically felt like a chimp in a pair of jeans caught up in endless drama and with no idea of how the universe works This is an ode to secret power of stories and a guide to cracking those powers open. I firmly believe that certain writing craft books are needed at certain times in your career Thanks to Cally Taylor's recommendation I fell upon this book at the right time for me It works it's way through literary criticism plot characterisation sentence structure and beginning a novel At each section she gives concrete examples on why things work which I found extremely helpful especially on plot and characterisation It wouldn't be a book I would recommend to a real beginner but it is ideal once you have a novel or two under your belt