“NOVEL WRITING MADE EASY” CD
by Felicity Keats and Brenda George.
"
Novel Writing Made Easy" is very different from any other writing "manual" you're
ever likely to encounter. A double CD, the first is by Felicity Keats-Morrison,
called "Novel Writing is Easy with Right-Brain Help". Felicity
has had many years of experience as a freelance writer and is the author
of a number of children’s books and creative writing
guides. She is the owner of umSinsi Press, a publishing house,
and has
taught thousands of people from the ages of five to eighty-five
how to write
short stories, novels, articles and poetry using her highly
successful, unique right-brain method of creative writing,
in classes, work-shops
and symposia, throughout the country and as far afield as
the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Many
of her
students'
works have been published by umSinsi Press. On the CD, she
describes right-brain
function and how in it lies a creative writing genius that
can help a person write amazing, fresh, original stuff that's
imminently
publishable.
She reveals how to access the right brain and gives exercises
in free writing, as well as seven different methods of writing
a novel,
all
of which she has successfully used herself. She gives practical
advice on the presentation of a manuscript and what to do
with it thereafter.
This CD holds all the distilled secrets of her success.
The second CD, entitled "The Craft and Joys of Writing",
is by Brenda George, who is not only a highly experienced editor, but
an author of novels herself. She has been a freelance Editor/Reader
since 1972. She was a Literary Agent from 1992-1997 and a writer, mainly
of novels, since 1982 (The first novel of her 5-book series, "Falling
Leaves and Mountain Ashes", has recently been released). Her talent
lies not only in editing but in DEVELOPING writers through giving
them
helpful
in-depths
critiques
of their manuscripts,
and working with them closely over several drafts, thereby assisting
them to bring their work up to publication standard. She edited the
novel "A Man Cannot Cry", which took her sister,
Gloria Keverne, twenty years to write, and which became an
international
best seller.
On the CD, Brenda describes many of their unusual experiences.
She gives many handy hints, as well as some interesting insights
into,
and anecdotes about, the fascinating world of writing. She
talks about novel writing in general, the importance of getting
the
right title
for your novel and the naming of characters, how dreams can
be a source of inspiration, research - in which she tells many
interesting
anecdotes
about the researching of Gloria's novel and her own novels
- the importance of viewpoint, characterization, storyline
and
what comes
after a manuscript
has reached its full potential and is ready for marketing.
(This CD may also be purchased as a single CD. See price in “How
to Order CD” section)
For any would-be novel writers these unique CDs will not only provide
helpful instruction to get them writing and their work up to publication
standard. but will provide much inspiration in the writing of their
novels.
Should
you wish to attend one of Brenda’s “The Craft and Joys
of Novel Writing’ workshops in Pietermaritzburg, you can email
her at brendag@mjvn.co.za