It’s also like a how-manual woven into a novel. The Writing Class is a great big inside joke for anyone who has ever tried to write or attended a writing class.
The only thing they know for sure, though, is that it’s one of them.
The police think it was an accident so the writing class takes it upon itself to figure out who the killer is. But then Frank, one of the writing class participants, is found dead at the bottom of a cliff. They meet off campus instead and she’s concerned that they seem to be excited by the Sniper, as they’ve taken to calling him (or her, the infuriating feminist continually reminds them). But then one of the participants starts providing feedback that is anonymous and unnerving including cruelly parodying a poem, drawing crude images and using very bad language as well as crank calling Amy on the phone and whispering repeated phrases and sentences.Īmy decides to cancel the class and tells her students why but they like her and want to continue. There are some good writers, there are some bad writers, there are some who aren’t writers at all and thought the class would be a good way to pick up women. Each week someone brings a piece of writing and the class spends time analysing it and provides written feedback to help the writer improve.Īt first it’s like every other writing class Amy has ever taught. The participants include a doctor, a lawyer, a former child actress, a mildly infuriating feminist, a retired teacher and several others. But her last book is a very long way behind her and the wannabee writers aren’t students, they are paying for an evening extension class. In this case, it equals a good one but not a great one.Īmy is a published author and academic who teaches a writing class at a local university. But getting away with it doesn’t automatically equal a great book. If ever there was a novel to break the “show, don’t tell” rule – willingly, completely, knowingly – this is it and this is the only novel that is likely to be able to get away with it. Follow me on Twitter My Tweets Tags 2 Stars 2.5 Stars 3 Stars 4 stars 5 Stars A Book About Writing Adaptation Advice Amazon Australian Author Australian Fiction Author Black Spot Blog Post Book Book Review Books Chapter One Character Characters Death Development Dialogue Diary Dictionary Editing Employment Enemies Closer English Family Fiction Genre Goodreads Growth History Ideas Inspiration Job Liberty's Secret LinkedIn Marketing Master's Non-Fiction Novel Plot Poems Poetry Poets Practise Project December Project January Project October Publishing Reading Romance Rules Sequel Short Story Sisters Song Lyrics Spelling Stereotypes Study Text Prize Tips Top Ten Trine University Word Count Work Writer Writers Writing Writing Journal Young Adult Archives
0 kommentar(er)
