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|title=Monkeys with Typewriters: How to Write Fiction and Unlock the Secret Power of Stories

|author=Scarlett Thomas

|borrow=Yes

|isbn=978-0857863782

|pages=480

|publisher=Canongate

|date=September 2012

|website=http://www.scarlettthomas.co.uk/

|summary=Think you've got a novel inside you? Scarlett Thomas's entertaining guide to writing fiction may be just the kick up the backside you need to get it written.

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I really wasn't expecting a book about how to write fiction to change my TV viewing habits. Alter my reading? Possibly. Improve my writing? Hopefully. But watching Grand Designs in a completely different light?

Can a novel be written using such a matrix? Most certainly. Can a good novel be written using a matrix? Probably. What Scarlett Thomas has done in Monkeys With Typewriters is provide the reader with the building blocks of writing successfully. The rest is down to the skill and imagination of the writer. Create a solid structure, plot correctly using the laws of cause and effect, tell the story by the actions of characters and write clear, honest sentences and you've got half a chance.

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