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9780070390775

Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Short Stories

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  • ISBN13:

    9780070390775

  • ISBN10:

    0070390770

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-10-22
  • Publisher: McGraw Hill

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This guide to writing compelling, memorable short stories gives you all the essentials without wasted words. It tells you how and where to get ideas, how to establish and sustain excitement, how to create live, colorful characters, and how to plot, develop and bring home your story. It even includes exercises to help you perfect your story-telling skills. Full of tips and techniques that work, it makes an indispensable, reliable collaborator. You'll find it ideal whether you're studying alone or supplementing a creative or fiction writing course, conference or workshop.

Table of Contents

Writing a Short Story - Getting Startedp. 1
Characters - How to Create People Who Live and Breathe on the Pagep. 21
Conflict - How to Devise a Story That Readers Won't Want to Put Downp. 55
Plot and Structure - How to Shape Your Story and Keep It Moving Forwardp. 69
Setting and Atmosphere - How to Bring Readers into a Vivid Story Worldp. 99
Narrative Voice - How to Develop Your Individual Voice As a Writerp. 121
Suggested Reading - Exploring the Realm of Short Storiesp. 143
When Your Story Is Written - A Quick Guide to Submitting Manuscripts for Publicationp. 147
How to Format Your Manuscriptp. 153
Indexp. 157
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