My newest book is now available from Amazon.co.uk and just waiting for you to press that little "Add to basket" button!
Product Description
Jurgen Wolff, author of Your Writing Coach, helps you translate these insights into action to master your craft and write what only you can write.
From Robert Louis Stevenson to Mary Shelley, Alice Munro to Stephen King, Your Creative Writing Masterclass guide you through:
* finding your style
* constructing powerful plots
* generating story ideas
* overcoming writer's block
* creating vivid characters
* crafting your ideal writer's life
Brimming with support and suggested activities to develop your writing skills, the book also features unique bonus advice, exercises, resources and sharing capabilities via the website www.YourCreativeWritingMasterclass.com.
I think it's a great book. The tone strikes a good balance between chatty and knowledgeable. It's definitely a book I could use with my students. The layout of each chapter works as a lesson plan - a presentation, with examples, followed by practical exercises.
Robin Gott, creative writing teacher, Sweden
Your Creative Writing Masterclass distills some of the most incisive wisdom of the literary greats, helping to guide modern-day authors who wish to write fiction well, and to better understand the career and lifestyle of a professional author.
Michael J. Ross, writer
A wonderful resource for both individual writers, and for writing groups. It helps writers feel that even when sitting alone at their desks, they are not alone. Opening this book, they access the wisdom of great writers, and the practical help and advice from Jurgen Wolff, a generous and constructive writing companion.
Julie Everton, playwright and creative writing and screenwriting teacher, University of Brighton.
It costs only £9.89 at Amazon.co.uk and a very reasonable £10.99 if you prefer to support your local indie bookshop by ordering it through them.
It won't arrive in time for Christmas, but how about a nice New Year's gift for that special someone? (Or yourself. you're special, too).
Seriously, the reason I wrote this book is that there are a lot of people out there saying "write a best-seller in two weeks" or "use this formula to write a book" and I wanted to give reader/writers a chance to find out what the true masters of fiction have advised over the years. Chekhov, for instance, had brilliant advice as did Mark Twain.
It probably won't be as popular as the books that make the easy promises but I think it was worth doing. I still have a bit of work to do on the matching website, but I hope that, too, will be a useful resource.
ps: I've had a word with the publisher and they're going to add the "look inside" feature at Amazon when they come back from the holidays. It will be available in the US probably in mid-January.
