- Mass Market Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin (Mar 1 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1863733167
- ISBN-13: 978-1863733168
- See Complete Table of Contents
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Good writers make writing look easy - but is it? Anyone learning to write should be encouraged by "Making Stories" - it shows that even our greatest novelists come to their books by a long and uncertain process. "Making Stories" shows ten acclaimed Australian authors at work, painstakingly constructing their books from rough notes, dimly-glimpsed ideas, and trial and error. By referring to extracts from drafts and published versions of their novels, each author candidly discusses how they work, taking the reader step-by-step through the creative process to share the invisible hours of toil that shape a work of fiction. All faced problems and doubts, and solved them in a sometimes startling way. Admirers of the novels used in "Making Stories" will be interested by the behind-the-scenes work that brought them about. Each writer's section contains: an extract from an early draft - sometimes just a rough note on a scrap of paper; a corresponding extract from the published book, showing how this early material was finally used; and an interview with the writer about the progress that took them from that early writing to the published book. Featured writers include Jessica Anderson, Peter Carey, Helen Garner, Thomas Keneally, David Ireland, Elizabeth Jolley, Finola Moorhead and Patrick White, as well as the two authors.
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Refreshingly different from typical American writing book, Dec 11 2004
By Milli Thornton "happy author & muse to writers" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Making Stories: How Eleven Australian Novels Were Written (Mass Market Paperback)
Shows the fascinating process ten Australian novelists went through with their manuscripts. If you like visuals, you'll love this book. From the more traditional style of rewrite (crossings-outs in a typed draft) all the way to the exotic--such as the drawings of spider webs, naked ladies, and dress patterns used by author Finola Moorhead for REMEMBER THE TARANTELLA.The co-authors (Sue Woolfe is the other author, albeit not listed here by Amazon) also bare their souls with samples from their own manuscripts. The visuals are enriched by wonderful interviews plus tidbits such as character sketches rendered by the ten featured authors. This book will remind you once again that there's no "right" way to write--except your own way.
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