Writing the Popular Novel

Loren D Estleman    

Award-winning author of the Amos Walker mysteries and Page Murdock westerns, Loren D. Estleman has written an invaluable writer's guide to achieving success writing popular fiction.

Never known for "trendy" writing, Estelman's advice to aspiring writers is delivered straightforward, with healthy doses of reality and wit.

Engaging, entertaining and certainly right on the money, he delves into what makes fiction writing popular with readers and details the usage of plot, point-of-view, and dialogue. His overviews of genre types will give the aspiring writer ammunition to find what works best for them.

Estleman looks at the first lines of twenty popular novels, showing what makes them effective. He also offers tips on working with agents and how writers can develop a long and successful career.




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