180 Tips and Tricks for New Teachers

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Looking for ways to fix your novel? Or: Is your fiction writing in peril?Based on real advice gleaned from thousands of writing critiques, "179 Ways to Save a Novel" is more than a collection of ideas for troubleshooting your work-in-progress (though it holds plenty of practical writing advice). This inspiring guide doubles as a thoughtful examination of the writing life-and not just with respect to writing, but to the reading habits and thought processes of writers. The 179 meditations in this book are grouped under six headings: Substance; Structure; Style; Symbol, Myth & Metaphor; Soul; and Other Matters. Dip into the book at random when in need of nonspecific advice, inspiration, or criticism. Or read it straight through for a deeper examination of the writing life. However you encounter them, these meditations are guaranteed to challenge, inspire, provoke--and occasionally to tickle or annoy. But most of all they'll awaken a deeper awareness of the fiction writer's many challenges and thorny choices.

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Peter Selgin is the author of the Flannery O'Connor Award-winning story collection "Drowning Lessons"; "Life Goes to the Movies," a novel; and "By Cunning & Craft: Sound Advice and Practical Wisdom for Fiction Writers."align="center">..."Peter Selgin's "179 Ways to Save a Novel" is brimming with sage and inspiring advice. Selgin writes about the craft of the novel with terrific lucidity, insight, and wit and his latest is a book that all aspiring novelists should have on their shelves."--Laura van den Berg, author of "What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us"..". a wise and valuable guide Selgin's masterful meditations provide the tools, knowledge and incentive to write meaningful fiction. A beautiful, supportive book, "179 Ways to Save a Novel" belongs on every serious fiction-writer's desktop."--Mary E. Mitchell, author of Indie Next Great Read novel, "Americans In Space""What Peter Selgin talks about when he talks about writing is what every aspiring novelist needs to hear."--John Dufresne, author of "The Lie That Tells the Truth"