title: Fixing Fiction: A Practical Guide
author: John W Allie
description: John W. Allie has had lots of experience with terrible fiction and has written quite a bit of it himself. He has since sworn off the stuff and hopes that you will, too. His website, johnwallie.com, contains many exciting things including comics, essays, and ebooks.
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  ### [Copyright](contents.html#copy)
  
  
  Harper _Voyager_
  
  
  Published by HarperCollins _Publishers_ Ltd
  
  
  1 London Bridge Street
  
  
  London SE1 9GF
  
  
  [www.harpercollins.co.uk](http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
  
  
  First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins _Publishers_ 2018
  
  
  Copyright © Richard Kadrey 2018
  
  
  Cover layout design © HarperCollins _Publishers_ Ltd 2018
  
  
  Designed by Crush Creative ([www.crushed.co.uk](http://www.crushed.co.uk))
  
  
  Richard Kadrey asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this
  work.
  
  
  A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
  
  
  This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents
  portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to
  actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  All rights reserved unde