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Learn to:
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Choose the writing genre that’s best for
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Develop believable characters and
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Cherry-pick your life’s material for
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Find a publisher and make your way
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Maggie Hamand
Founder,
The Complete Creative Writing
Course
at the Groucho Club
Creative
Writing
FOR
DUMmIES
by Maggie Hamand
‰
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About the Author
Maggie Hamand
is the author of two novels,
The Resurrection of the Body
and
The Rocket Man,
and has published a number of short stories which have
been nominated for prizes. She is the author of 16 non-fiction books, and her
articles have appeared in magazines and newspapers including the
Guardian,
The Sunday Times,
and the
Observer.
She founded the Complete Creative
Writing Course at the Groucho Club in 1998 and is also the Director of the
award-winning small independent publishing house, The Maia Press.
Author’s Acknowledgements
I would like to thank all those people who supported me while writing this
book, most importantly my husband Jeremy.
Special thanks should also go to Shaun Levin and all the other teachers on
the Complete Creative Writing Course from whom I’ve learned so much.

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