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How to Write Fiction (And Think About It)

Autor Robert Graham
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 oct 2006
If you are a writer of fiction, this practical handbook will teach you how to acquire your own writer's tool-box. Here you will learn all about developing your craft. The wide-ranging exploration of fiction-writing skills contains many unique features, such as the focus on reflective learning and tuition on advanced skills including foreshadowing, transitions and producing short story cycles. Throughout, the approach is centred on 3 kinds of activity:- Examining the theory of particular fiction writing skills.- Analysing the practice of these skills in examples of published work.- Practising the use of skills in fiction-writing exercises.What makes this guide so distinctive, though, is the way it consistently asks you to reflect on your work, and stresses the importance of being able to articulate the processes of writing.Packed with wisdom about the art of fiction and filled with writing exercises, How to Write Fiction (and Think about It) examines the work of today's finest authors to teach you everything you need to know about writing short stories or longer fiction. Whether you are a student, a would-be professional author, or a general reader who simply likes to write for pleasure, this guide will equip you with a portfolio of key fiction-writing skills.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781403993144
ISBN-10: 1403993149
Pagini: 280
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:2006
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Red Globe Press
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Direct and accessible in style with lots of helpful pedagogy, including practical advice and examples to aid study

Notă biografică

ROBERT GRAHAM is Programme Leader of the BA Creative Writing degree at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His previous publications include The Road to Somewhere: A Creative Writing Companion (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004).

Cuprins

Notes on Contributors Introduction Writing Bursts PART 1: HOW A WRITER WORKS How A Writer Works Making Notes 500-word Story Project: Person, Place, Problem Keeping Journals How To Read As A Writer + Reflection Project: The Writer Reading Reflection Project 2: Reading As A Writer PART 2: HOW TO WRITE SHORT STORIES A Brief Tour Around The Short Story The Distance Between: Author, Narrator, Reader and Point of View Characters; H.Newall Living Elsewhere: Plot Scenes Dialogue Setting Epiphany 1000-word Story Project: Family Plot PART 3: HOW TO REDRAFT Redrafting 1: Editing Page Design Peer Appraisal Writer's Workshops Redrafting 2: Revising PART 4: HOW TO MANAGE FICTIONAL TIME Some Notes On Handling Time In Fiction; J.Friel Foreshadowing Transitions Crossing Timelines and Breaking Rules; H.Leach PART 5: HOW TO WRITE WITH STYLE Meaning Sense and Clarity Description; U.Hurley Sentences 2000-word Story Project: Dental Surgery PART 6: DEVELOPING YOUR FICTION Demons and Angels: Using a Persona; J.Newman Looking For The Drama; U.Hurley 3000-word Story Project: Literary Revision The Longer Story Story Project: The Longer Story The Short Story Cycle Story Project: The Short Story Cycle Structure What Is It Good For?; G.Creer Reflection Project 3: Where You Are Up To Now AFTERWORD How To Go the Distance Bibliography Index.