Overview
‘A decent, digestible beginners’ guide to plotting a commercial novel’ – Bookmunch
‘The book really takes flight when the author brings his central theme of change to bear on the inner life of fictional characters ... a pleasure to read’ - Joe Moran, TLS
‘Tim Lott is one of the few novelists who truly understands story structure’ - John Yorke, author of Into the Woods
‘Tim Lott has long experience of the practice of writing fiction as well as a deep knowledge the theory of story craft – a rare yet essential combination’ - Will Storr, author of The Science of Storytelling
‘Shaping a novel chapter by chapter requires complex psychological insight. Tim Lott possesses that insight’ - Robert McKee, author of Story
Yes! No! But Wait…! is the most straightforward book on writing a novel ever published.
It is also the most practical, honest and useful.
Tim Lott admits he can’t teach someone how to write a novel (that’s one of the myths propagated by the novel-writing industry).
But he can help anyone construct a solid platform on which they can stand to discover whether they have the talent, will and imagination required of any novelist.
A distillation of a lifetime’s reading, writing and thinking about stories and how to tell them, Yes! No! But Wait…! is the one book any aspiring author needs.
- | Author: Tim Lott
- | Publisher: Swift Press
- | Publication Date: Jun 15, 2023
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781800752214
- | ISBN-10: 1800752210