How to write fiction (and think about it)

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Title:

How to write fiction (and think about it)

Author:

Graham, Robert, 1955-

ISBN:

9781403993144

9781403993151

Personal Author:

Graham, Robert, 1955-

Publication Information:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Physical Description:

xiii, 262 p. ; 23 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

I. How a writer works -- 1. How a writer works -- 2. Making notes -- 3. Keeping journals -- 4. How to read as a writer -- II. How to write short stories -- 5. A brief tour around the short story -- 6. The distance between : author, narrator, reader and point of view -- 7. Characters / Helen Newall -- 8. Living elsewhere : plot -- 9. Scenes -- 10. Dialogue -- 11. Setting -- 12. Epiphany -- 13. Reflection : how to think about your writing -- III. How to redraft -- 14. Redrafting 1 : editing -- 15. Page design -- 16. Peer appraisal -- 17. Writer's workshops -- 18. Redrafting 2 : revising -- IV. How to manage fictional time -- 19. Some notes on handling time in fiction / James Friel -- 20. Foreshadowing -- 21. Transitions -- 22. Crossing timelines and breaking rules / Heather Leach -- V. How to write with style -- 23. Meaning, sense and clarity -- 24. Description / Ursula Hurley -- 25. Sentences -- VI. How to broaden your canvas.

26. Demons and angels : using a persona / Jenny Newman -- 27. Looking for the drama / Ursula Hurley -- 28. The longer story -- 29. The short story cycle -- 30. Structure - what is it good for? / Gareth Creer -- Afterword : how to go the distance.

Subject Term:

Fiction -- Authorship.

Added Author:

Creer, Gareth.

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/2006051358-b.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/2006051358-d.html
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/2006051358-t.html

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Summary

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.