As the author of twenty-four novels Elizabeth George is one of the most successful--and
prolific--novelists today. In Mastering the Process George offers readers a master class in
the art and science of crafting a novel. This is a subject she knows well having taught
creative writing both nationally and internationally for over thirty years.I have never before
read a book about writing that is so thorough thoughtful and most of all helpful. --Lisa See
New York Times bestselling author of The Island of Sea Women For many writers the biggest
challenge is figuring out how to take that earliest glimmer of inspiration and shape it into a
full-length novel. How do you even begin to transform a single idea into a complete book? In
these pages award-winning number one New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George takes
us behind the scenes through each step of her writing process revealing exactly what it takes
to craft a novel. Drawing from her personal photos early notes character analyses and rough
drafts George shows us every stage of how she wrote her novel Careless in Red from
researching location to imagining plot to creating characters to the actual writing and
revision processes themselves. George offers us an intimate look at the procedures she follows
while also providing invaluable advice for writers about what has worked for her--and what
hasn't. Mastering the Process gives writers practical prescriptive and achievable tools for
creating a novel editing a novel and problem solving when in the midst of a novel from a
master storyteller writing at the top of her game.
