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Writing Fiction : A Guide to Narrative Craft
ISBN: 9780321117953 | 0321117956
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2003
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The most widely used and respected text on writing fiction, the Sixth Edition of Writing Fiction guides the student writer from first inspiration to final revision. Written in a tone that is personal and non-prescriptive, the text encourages students to gain confidence with the writing process. Through discussion of key topics of fiction writing, supported by an abundance of examples and exercises, this guide/anthology explores and integrates the elements of fiction while offering practical techniques and concrete examples. Recognizing that rea... MORE
Contents.
Preface.
To Instructors: About This Book.
To Students: About the Workshop.
1. Whatever Works: The Writing Process.
Get Started.
Journal Keeping.
Freewriting.
Clustering.
The Computer.
The Critic: A Caution.
Choosing a Subject.
Keep Going.
A Word About Theme.
Shitty First Drafts, Anne Lamott.
American History, Judith Ortiz Cofer.
American History, Judith Ortiz Cofer.
2. The Tower and the Net: S... MORE
Conflict, Crisis, and Resolution.
Connection and Disconnection.
Story Form as a Check Mark.
Story and Plot.
The Short Story and the Novel.
Reading as Writers.
The Use of Force, William Carlos Williams.
How Far She Went, Mary Hood.
Silver Water, Amy Bloom.
Happy Endings, Margaret Atwood.
Girl, Jamaica Kincaid.
No One's a Mystery, Elizabeth Tallent.
20/20, Linda Brewer.
How Far She Went, Mary Hood.
Silver Water, Amy Bloom.
Happy Endings, Margaret Atwood.
Girl, Jamaica Kincaid.
No One's a Mystery, Elizabeth Tallent.
20/20, Linda Brewer.
3. Seeing is Believing: Showing and Telling.
Significant Detail.
Filtering.
The Active Voice.
Prose Rhythm.
Mechanics.
Linoleum Roses, Sandra Cisneros.
The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien.
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, Joyce Carol Oates.
The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien.
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, Joyce Carol Oates.
4. Building Character: Characterization, Part I.
Credibility.
Purpose.
Complexity.
Change.
The Indirect Methods of Character Presentation.
Authorial Interpretation.
Interpretation By Another Character.
Yours, Mary Robison.
Gryphon, Charles Baxter.
The Visible Man, Elizabeth Stuckey-French.
Gryphon, Charles Baxter.
The Visible Man, Elizabeth Stuckey-French.
5. The Flesh Made Word: Characterization, Part II.
The Direct Methods of Character Presentation.
Appearance.
Action.
Speech.
Format and Style.
Text and Subtext.
Thought.
Conflict Between Methods of Presentation.
Creating a Group or Crowd.
Character: A Summary.
Hills Like White Elephants, Ernest Hemingway.
Aren't You Happy For Me?, Richard Bausch.
Aren't You Happy For Me?, Richard Bausch.
Writing Assignments.
6. Long Ago and Far Away: Fictional Place and Time.
Setting and Atmosphere.
Harmony and Conflict Between Character and Background.
Setting and Character.
Setting and Emotion.
Symbolic and Suggestive Setting.
Alien and Familiar Setting.
An Exercise in Setting.
Some Aspects of Narrative Time.
Summary and Scene.
Revising Summary and Scene.
Flashback.
Slow Motion.
Further Thoughts on Openings and Endings.
Mount Olive, Monifa Love.
Dark Corner, Robert Morgan.
Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People, Lorrie Moore.
Bullet in The Brain, Tobias Wolff.
Dark Corner, Robert Morgan.
Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People, Lorrie Moore.
Bullet in The Brain, Tobias Wolff.
7. Call Me Ishmael: Point of View, Part I.
Who Speaks?
Third Person.
Second Person.
First Person.
To Whom?
The Reader.
Another Character.
The Self.
In What Form?
Orientation, Daniel Orozco.
The Comedian, John L'Heureux.
Lectures On How You Never Lived Back Home, Evelina Galang.
The Comedian, John L'Heureux.
Lectures On How You Never Lived Back Home, Evelina Galang.
8. Assorted Liars: Point of View, Part II.
At What Distance?
Spatial and Temporal Distance.
Tone.
With What Limitations?
The Unreliable Narrator.
An Exercise in Unreliability.
Unreliability in Other Viewpoints.
Story, Lydia Davis.
Snow, Julia Alvarez.
Beautiful My Mane in the Wind, Catherine Petroski.
Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot, Robert Olen Butler.
Who's Irish?, Gish Jen.
Screentime, Stephen Jones.
Snow, Julia Alvarez.
Beautiful My Mane in the Wind, Catherine Petroski.
Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot, Robert Olen Butler.
Who's Irish?, Gish Jen.
Screentime, Stephen Jones.
9. Is and Is Not: Comparison.
Types of Metaphor and Simile.
Metaphoric Faults to Avoid.
Allegory.
Symbol.
San Lan, Samantha Chang.
Menagerie, Charles Johnson.
Eyes of a Blue Dog, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Menagerie, Charles Johnson.
Eyes of a Blue Dog, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
10. I Gotta Use Words When I Talk to You: Theme.
Idea and Morality in Theme.
How Fictional Elements Contribute to Theme.
A Man Told Me the Story of His Life, Grace Paley.
Developing Theme as You Write.
Ralph the Duck, Frederick Busch.
Wave, John Holman.
This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona, Sherman Alexie.
Wave, John Holman.
This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona, Sherman Alexie.
11. Play It Again, Sam: Revision.
Worry It and Walk Away.
Criticism.
Revision Questions.
Further Suggestions For Revision.
Examples Of The Revision Process.
Dud, Pamela Painter.
Appendix A: Kinds Of Fiction.
Appendix B: Suggestions For Further Reading.
Credits.
Index.
