Start writing fiction

by The Open University

Have you always wanted to write, but never quite had the courage to start? This free ebook, Start writing fiction, will give you an insight into how authors create their characters and settings. You will also be able to look at the different genres for fiction.

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction, Ebooks, Reference

63 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 13, 2015

Reviews

[M.M. Graham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This little e-book is mostly full of links for the UK's Open University. And some of those links don't work. There is some other useful information in the book, but overall it's not what I expected.
OK if you are interested in taking an OU course.

[Tristan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a very, very basic introduction to creative writing, surprisingly so for something issued at university level. This is paper. This is a pen. These are words. Read it aloud. Actually, there are a few insights here and there, but nothing I haven’t seen elsewhere, hashed and re-hashed over and over again. It’s all rather soulless, hackneyed, and dispiriting.

[Zee · Rating 3 out of 5]

This e-book relies on the reader being able to open links in the text, which I wasn't able to do on my device. As such, I missed at least half of the content and it felt like a waste to try to figure out what was going on piece-meal. It's too bad, really.

[Paul Petsa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short but it’s free and interesting.

A quick introduction to writing fiction provided free by the OU. I found the sections where famous authors talked about their methods particularly useful.

[Karine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un livre avec des ateliers d'écriture originaux. Il fait réfléchir.

[Derrick Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helpful

This book helps build your creative mind. There’s a lot that you can learn from reading this book. Take a chance to learn more

[miss lisa j edwards · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good guide for a budding creative writer

[T.A. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Use with the course

As this was free it maybe useful to download along side doing the course. As a stand-alone ebook I’m not sure it does the course justice

[Cidney · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good book from the Open University. Short course on how to write fiction, it has some very helpful information on how to set scenes, and how to build up your characters. I would recommend it.

[Toni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to read and follow. Good ideas on how to start writing fictional stories.

[Rose]

Presently doing this course online & love it.
Its a great course and great learning experience.

[Renee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was looking through the OPen University for a free writing course and was excited to find this one. The course was no longer running, but there was this ebook version available to download.

It is full of lots of good writing basics and plenty of writing exercises to practice on. It's lacking the audio component that used to be available through the interactive course.

[Jenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting information

I found this to be very informative and will really think about checking this school out. This ranks 5 stars!

[Meredith · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was an interesting read.