The Writers’ & Artists’ Guide to How to Write explores the skills you’ll need in order to plan, draft and finalise a proper novel.

What does this book cover? 

Writers’ & Artists’ Guide to How to Write: How to plan, structure and write your novel is a part of the respected Writers’ and Artists’ series, which are designed to help creatives approach their work systematically.

Writers’ & Artists’ Guide to How to Write: How to plan, structure and write your novel features sections designed to help you master:

• Structuring your novel so that it makes sense
• Develop memorable main and side characters that readers will care about
• Create tension, atmosphere and drama in your writing
• Pace your scenes effectively, and avoid the ‘saggy middle’
• Write more engaging, dynamic dialogue

About the Authors 

Author William Ryan teaches at City University London, splitting his time between running the Crime Writing Master’s degree program and teaching the Your Novel course for Writers’ and Artists’. He has written 5 successful novels, but he is perhaps best known for the Captain Korolev crime series. His latest novel is titled A House of Ghosts.

In Writers’ & Artists’ Guide to How to Write, he delivers an excellent resource for students and working creatives.