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

Stories are everywhere…Exploring the great plots from Plato to The Matrix and from Tolstoy to Toy Story, this is a book for anyone who wants to unlock any narrative and learn to create their own. With startling and original insights into how we construct stories, this is a creative writing book like no other. It will show you how to read and write better.

Reviews of Monkeys with Typewriters: How to Write Fiction and Unlock the Secret Power of Stories

Thomas has the mesmerising power of a great storyteller. * Financial Times * Ingenious and original … A cracking good yarn, fizzing with intelligence. * Philip Pullman on THE END OF MR Y * This book might just change your life. * Independent on Sunday, on PopCo * A sprawling ode to curiosity and the life of the mind. * Daily Telegraph, on The End of Mr Y * Whether you want to write or not, Monkeys with Typewriters is the kind of book that renews your enthusiasm for reading in general, a book that believes – and encourages its readers to believe – that great fiction matters * Follow the Thread * Thomas… eschews the self-flagellating ethic of some courses by preaching tolerance for fancy prose style, and exhorts her readers to be ambitious and "ask important questions" with their fiction, an admirable stand — Leo Benedictus * Observer *