

Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
James Thayer
Hosted by James Thayer, the podcast is a practical, step-by-step manual on how to craft a novel. It presents a set of tools for large issues such as story development and scene construction (Kirkus Reviews said Thayer's novels are "superbly crafted') and it also examines techniques that will make your sentence-by-sentence writing shine. The New York Times Book Review has said Thayer's "writing is smooth and clear. it wastes no words, and it has a rhythm only confident stylists achieve.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Essential Guide to Writing a Novel podcast:

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The Hunger Games

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The Shining

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A MAN IN FULL

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It

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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The Gunslinger

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Elements of Style

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The bonfire of the vanities

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The Body Farm

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Daily Rituals
How Artists Work

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THE THORN BIRDS
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Sharpe's Triumph

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The gift of the Magi

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Cold Mountain
100 Poems

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Dracula

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To Kill a Mockingbird

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Beloved

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Day of the Jackal

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