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Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft
ISBN: 9780673521194 | 0673521192
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Addison-Wesley
Pub. Date: 10/1/1991
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A bestseller through six editions, "Writing Fiction" by novelists Janet Burroway and Elizabeth Stuckey-French explores the elements of fiction, providing practical writing techniques and concrete examples. Written in a tone that is personal and non-prescriptive, the text encourages writers to develop proficiency through each step of the writing process, offering an abundance of exercises designed to spur writing and creativity. The text also integrates diverse contemporary short stories in every chapter in the belief that the reading of inspiring fiction goes hand-in-hand with the writing of fresh and exciting stories. Thorough and practical discussions of all the major fictional elements offer students a comprehensive guide to the craft of writing stories. Topics include freewriting, plot, style, characterization, dialogue, time, place, imagery, and point of view. For novice writers looking to develop proficiency.
| Indicate sections new to this edition | |
| Preface | |
| To Instructors: About This Book | |
| To Students: About the Writing Workshop | |
| Whatever Works: The Writing Proces? | |
| Get Started | |
| Journal Keeping | |
| Freewriting | |
| Exercises | |
| The Computer | |
| The Critic: A Caution | |
| Choosing a... MORE | |
| Keep Going | |
| A Word about Theme | |
| "Shitty First Drafts," | |
| "Why I Write,"Joan Didion | |
| Writing Exercises | |
| Seeing is Believing: Showing and Tellin? | |
| Significant Detail | |
| Writing about Emotion | |
| Filtering | |
| The Active Voice | |
| Prose | |
| Rhythm | |
| Mechanics | |
| "Big Me," | |
| "The Things They Carried," | |
| "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?," | |
| Writing Exercises | |
| Building Character: Characterization | |
| The Direct Methods of Character Presentation | |
| Appearance | |
| Action | |
| Dialogue | |
| Summary, Indirect, and Direct Dialogue | |
| Economy in Dialogue | |
| Characterizing Dialogue | |
| Other Uses of Dialogue | |
| Dialogue as Action | |
| Text and Subtext | |
| "No" Dialogue | |
| Specificity | |
| Format and Style | |
| Vernacular | |
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