How to Write Damn Good Fiction : Advanced Techniques for Dramatic St

From the author of "How to Write a Damn Good Novel", this new title offers advanced techniques in fiction writing: how to build suspense, create fresher, more interesting characters and achieve greater reader sympathy, empathy and identification.Quoting a range of writers from Stephen King and Kafka to Peter Benchley and Stephen Crane, this is a practical, readable, down-to-earth and concise book which analyses what makes good (and commercial) fiction work and shows how to apply this understanding in an author's own writing.