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9781884910395

Fiction Writer's Workshop

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  • ISBN13:

    9781884910395

  • ISBN10:

    1884910394

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-02-01
  • Publisher: PENGUIN

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This learn-by-doing guide helps students improve and their fiction. Each chapter focuses on a different element of fiction and concludes with innovative writing exercises.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
Sources of Fiction: Where and How to Find Materialp. 5
Setting: Evoking a Vivid Sense of Place and Timep. 25
Character: Inventing Fictional Peoplep. 48
Plot: Strategies of Organization and Structurep. 71
Point of View: Selecting the Best Viewpointp. 99
Dialogue and Scene: Handling Dramatic Actionp. 127
Beginnings and Endings: Options and Techniques for Opening and Closingp. 151
Description and Word Choice: Choosing Effective Details, Matters of Stylep. 177
Voice: Finding the Narrative Voice, Creating the Voices of Charactersp. 200
Revision: Transforming the First Draft into Finished, Polished Fictionp. 225
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