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Oakley Hall offers one of the best introductions to fiction I've read. This book is aimed at the intelligent reader who is trying to improve his/her own fiction writing, presumably intent on publication. It is not a guide to the publication process, but rather an analysis of how fiction works - the tools of the trade, the crafts, the skills which have to be understood in order to make writing work. Hall unpicks and explains each aspect, from point of view, characterisation, writing for the senses, use of words, etc., with plenty of examples, and quite a display of acerbic wit. Entertaining, highly informative and thought-provoking, it will be a useful servant for the determined writer.
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