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**Start writing fiction – Audio**

This album provides the budding author with everything they need to know about approaching the art of fiction writing. Each track contains discussions and interviews with best-selling novelists from a variety of backgrounds including Alex Garland, Louis de Bernières, Abdulrazak Gurnah and Monique Roffey. This enlightening and engaging series tackles the practicalities and pitfalls of writing fiction. It contains invaluable advice on the creation of characters, the structure of narratives and how to turn an idea into the book you’ve always wanted to write. This material forms part of The Open University course A174 Start writing fiction. (New and updated content added July 2009)

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Start writing fiction Jul 08, 2009

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An introduction to this album.

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Starting the writing process Jul 08, 2009

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Here, the novelists on the panel discuss what first attracted them to writing prose and what writing means to them.

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Transcript -- Here, the novelists on the panel discuss what first attracted them to writing prose and what writing means to them.

Researching and influencing your fiction Jul 08, 2009

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In order to write, every novelist must read. The importance of reading and how this can influence your own style.

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Transcript -- In order to write, every novelist must read. The importance of reading and how this can influence your own style.

Characters and genre Jul 08, 2009

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How do you create a believable character, and how can genre hinder or help a writer?

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Transcript -- How do you create a believable character, and how can genre hinder or help a writer?

Narrative and structural techniques Jul 08, 2009

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Technical methods of storytelling and how to structure a book.

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