If you want to be a writer this is the book for you! Following the success of An Author's Guide to Publishing, Michael Legat has now produced a truly practical guide to the craft of writing.

Brimming with useful advice and tips it warns against common pitfalls and teaches you how to adopt a professional attitude towards your work. Chapters cover such aspects of writing as the novel, short stories, non-fiction, articles, poetry, plays, radio and television scripts - even children's books. A detailed look at how to prepare a typescript, where and how to submit it and a discussion on the rewards of writing conclude this invaluable book.

Whether you are a beginner or a more experienced writer you will enjoy Michael Legat's lively anecdotes and down-to-earth approach. This is the most comprehensive guide to the business of writing that has yet been published.


'The best of the recent introductions to writing, covering novels, non-fiction, and other topics briefly but clearly.'

Writers' and Artists' Yearbook

'Full of good sense and realistically practical advice.'

Times Educational Supplement


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