This Year You Write Your Novel

This book gives you pretty much the same advice that the other books like this one give, but it is good to hear such advice from Mosley: a writer you can respect, a writer who writes regularly and well. Besides, I was ready to hear such advice, for I've hit a roadblock in the novel I began sixteen m......more

I like reading about the creative process — this comes from a renowned novelist.......more

I feel like a lot of people don't understand that how precisely Mosley's worked this. Books about writing are an industry unto themselves (because everybody wants to be an author), but here is one by an author who actually knows what he's doing. Go ahead and read one of his novels first, so that you......more

I'm going to disagree with much of the middling and negative reviews about this title. If you're serious about writing, why would you dismiss something that would and could be of great help to you? Especially from someone who is as esteemed as Walter Mosley? Doesn't that seem ridiculous? Like most w......more

This little 103 page book was exactly what I needed for this time. If you are a seasoned writer, this book will probably not be anything new. In fact it's not the most in-depth book on novel writing at all. It's not a how-to or step-by-step guide for rule followers. This is more an overview on what......more