SUCCESS! It’s what every writer longs for – but if it’s ever achieved at all, it comes with a price to pay.
The aims of this book are therefore as follows:
(i) To encourage you to think about the possible forms that success can take;
(ii) To enable you to understand how likely – or unlikely – it is that success will come to you at all, or at any rate in your desired quantities;
(iii) And thus to enable you make informed and realistic decisions on what sort of work to write, and how much time and effort to devote to that work.
In other words, this ebook is what the subtitle says: a serious look at a serious subject.
A Writer’s Guide to Success is the fourth in Michael Allen’s series of practical, down-to-earth guides for writers; the previous ones deal with emotion, viewpoint, and style. This one will be most relevant to those who write fiction, whether short stories or novels, but non-fiction writers and screenwriters will also find it useful.
Michael Allen’s first novel was published fifty years ago (1963). He is the author of numerous other novels and short stories (some written under pen-names) which have variously been published in hardback, paperback, and ebook editions, in the UK, USA, France and Denmark. He is also the author of about 10 non-fiction books.
The aims of this book are therefore as follows:
(i) To encourage you to think about the possible forms that success can take;
(ii) To enable you to understand how likely – or unlikely – it is that success will come to you at all, or at any rate in your desired quantities;
(iii) And thus to enable you make informed and realistic decisions on what sort of work to write, and how much time and effort to devote to that work.
In other words, this ebook is what the subtitle says: a serious look at a serious subject.
A Writer’s Guide to Success is the fourth in Michael Allen’s series of practical, down-to-earth guides for writers; the previous ones deal with emotion, viewpoint, and style. This one will be most relevant to those who write fiction, whether short stories or novels, but non-fiction writers and screenwriters will also find it useful.
Michael Allen’s first novel was published fifty years ago (1963). He is the author of numerous other novels and short stories (some written under pen-names) which have variously been published in hardback, paperback, and ebook editions, in the UK, USA, France and Denmark. He is also the author of about 10 non-fiction books.
