Yes! No! but Wait...!

The One Thing You Need to Know To Write a Novel

Tim Lott

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SWIFT PRESS
29 August 2023

Language: reference & general; Creative writing & creative writing guides

At the heart of writing - at the apex of storytelling - there is only one principle, and it winds like a golden thread across all the books and courses.

But it gets lost in the ever-spreading panoply of detail that the creative writing industry relies on to keep its wheels turning.

This book pulls out that thread, polishes it and reveals the way it penetrates storytelling.

It will be invaluable to anyone creating fictional worlds - but most particularly to novelists, who are most in danger of forgetting it. Or not noticing it in the first place.

Tim Lott knows he can't teach anyone to write a novel (that's one of the lies propagated by the novel-writing industry).

But he can teach someone how to build a firm platform on which they can stand in order to explore whether they have the talent, will and determination that writing a novel takes.

By: Tim Lott
Imprint: SWIFT PRESS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm,
ISBN: 9781800752214
ISBN 10: 1800752210
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 29 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tim Lott is the author of seven novels and a memoir, The Scent of Dried Roses, which won the PEN/J.R. Ackerley Prize. White City Blue won the Whitbread First Novel Award and his young adult book Fearless was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Award. Tim lives with his family in north-west London.

Reviews for Yes! No! but Wait...!: The One Thing You Need to Know To Write a Novel

' 'Tim Lott is one of the few novelists who truly understands story structure' - John Yorke, author of Into the Woods ' - ' 'Tim Lott has long experience of the practice of writing fiction as well as a deep knowledge the theory of story craft - a rare yet essential combination' - Will Storr, author of The Science of Storytelling ' - ' 'Shaping a novel chapter by chapter requires complex psychological insight. Tim Lott possesses that insight' - Robert McKee, author of Story ' - '' - '' - '' -