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Book Title
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, 7th Edition
ISBN
9780321277367
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Publication Name
Writing Fiction : a Guide to Narrative Craft
Item Height
0.9in.
Author
Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Janet Burroway
Item Length
9.4in.
Publisher
Longman Publishing
Item Width
6in.
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Number of Pages
448 Pages

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The most widely used and respected text in its field, Writing Fiction, 7e by novelists Janet Burroway and Elizabeth Stuckey-French guides the novice story writer from first inspiration to final revision by providing practical writing techniques and concrete examples. Written in a tone that is personal and non-prescriptive, the text encourages students 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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Longman Publishing
ISBN-10
0321277368
ISBN-13
9780321277367
eBay Product ID (ePID)
48336052

Product Key Features

Author
Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Janet Burroway
Publication Name
Writing Fiction : a Guide to Narrative Craft
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
448 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.4in.
Item Height
0.9in.
Item Width
6in.
Item Weight
22.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pn3355
Edition Number
7
Table of Content
* indicate sections new to this edition.   Preface             To Instructors: About This Book             To Students: About the Writing Workshop 1. Whatever Works: The Writing Process Get Started             Journal Keeping             Freewriting             Exercises             The Computer             The Critic: A Caution             Choosing a Subject Keep Going A Word about Theme            "Shitty First Drafts,"Anne Lamott             *"Why I Write,"Joan Didion Writing Exercises 2. Seeing is Believing: Showing and Telling Significant Detail             Writing about Emotion Filtering The Active Voice Prose Rhythm Mechanics            *""Big Me,"Dan Chaon             "The Things They Carried,"Tim O'Brien             "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?,"Joyce Carol Oates Writing Exercises 3. Building Character: Characterization, Part I 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 <P style="M
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Rhetoric, Composition & Creative Writing
Lccn
2006-001281
Dewey Decimal
808.3
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines

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  • great for the aspiring writer

    I bought this book for my creative writing class in college. It's really great, filled with interesting techniques, hints, prompts, and examples to help you with writing. It has tons of suggestions for people who keep journals and a wide variety of good secondary material to read at the end of each chapter so you can see the same techniques talked about in-chapter at work in published fiction. My only problem with it is that my particular book had some kind of printing error so that 31 pages from one chapter ended up lodged in the middle of another, but this printing error is an anomaly and not the rule: everyone else's books that I've seen are in the correct order, so it's just my luck I think.

  • Writing Fiction by E. Stuckley-French, J. Burroway

    Assigned as mandatory class reading, the college bookstore charged more for the book than they charged tuition for the class. I decided to see if I could find it used. Using Ebay I reduced the price of the book by one half plus it arrived in the time and condition advertised. Writing Fiction is comprehensive and probably considered THEE book on creative writing. On one hand, it reads likes a school text as it is focused on the technical aspects of writing. On the other, it is clear and entertaining; including multiple examples for each topic. I have read many books on the craft of writing. Writing Fiction is the best. A great learing tool for anyone serious about the craft of writing. I highly recommend it.

  • New Slants on Fiction

    While the fiction writers out there in cyberland might find this book old hat, Burroway's approach here is unique. She and her writing partner have conjured up new approaches toan perspectives on the theories of fiction writing, and these should resonate quite well with newbies and veterans alike. It's a good book to have on the shelf, to lean on when you have misgivings regarding your writing. For the student, it's equally valuable to learn from, in an undistorted manner.

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