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by Garry Disher 
An introduction to the basic elements of writing short stories and novels by one of Australia's top fiction writers.
Learn how to find and recognise the ideas that lead to characters, incidents and whole works. Are plot and character separate things? Think again! Do you tend to start too soon, too late, or in the wrong place? Get answers with five great ways to structure stories. Experiment with first-person and third-person point-of-view - which works better for you and why?
There's a terrific section on trouble-shooting with great suggestions to help cure writer's block, flat characters and lagging suspense. Plus, get top techniques on Garry's trademark style - how to reveal character through description, dialogue, body language and personality traits.
Price: $66.00
Garry Disher
Garry Disher is the author of 40 books, in an amazing variety of genres, many of them award-winning and widely translated. Readers of his children's fiction, (Ratface, Moondyne Kate, and The Bamboo Flute) are often surprised to discover he is also the author of the hard hitting American style Wyatt and Challis series of crime novels, characterised by brisk action, tough dialogue and a read-in-one-sitting force. Then there are the novels and story collections like Past the Headlands, The Divine Wind and The Sunken Road which Disher calls his literary works. And don't forget his best-selling handbook Writing Fiction, now in its third edition!
A full-time writer for the past fifteen years, Garry has also taught creative writing at all levels, mentored new writers, and judged many short-story and novel competitions. In 1998 he was writer-in-residence at an English university, and toured Germany in 2002, where his crime novels have won major awards.
What people say:
'Last week I sat down with one of my 3 am scribbles. Dreadful, it had all the charm of an accounting manual. A quick look through Garry's notes on character and setting, and I was away. The tutorials will always live on my computer.' (Peter Hart)
'At first I thought I might have been better off buying Garry's book on writing but the tutorials were deceptive as they were so well crafted that there was a great deal to think about in each one. I go back to the lessons regularly to remind me what I should be trying for.' (Marie Keir)
NOTE: This is our best selling tutorial.
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