Method and Madness

Alice LaPlante

Method and Madness

W.W. Norton

The famed Stanford University writing professor has written a guide to the craft of fiction that will be an invaluable resource for any writer at work on a novel. Comprehensive and accessible, it provides guidelines to all aspects of fiction writing, from generating ideas to getting published. As Lee K. Abbott, of Ohio State University, said, “Smart, patient, thorough, specific, practical and generous…Of its kind it is a jewel, rich with information and suggestion.”