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Item specifics
- Condition
- Pages
- 240
- Publication Date
- 2019-04-01
- Book Title
- Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition: A Guide to Narrative Craft
- ISBN
- 9780226616698
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
022661669X
ISBN-13
9780226616698
eBay Product ID (ePID)
7038270180
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition : a Guide to Narrative Craft
Subject
General, Composition & Creative Writing
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Reference, Language Arts & Disciplines
Series
Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
12.9 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.7 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
10
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-050263
Reviews
The tenth edition of Janet Burroway's classic 1982 book guides fiction writers of all levels through the entire creative process, with updated exemplary passages and advice from contemporary authors, and sections on current issues such as distraction, appropriation, different genres, and young adult fiction. Chapters focus on characterization, setting, plot and structure, point of view, and revision, and each closes with a list of suggested readings and writing prompts that allow for further study., Scrupulously written by a first-rate novelist who . . . gives tips, offers sensitive commentary, and exceptions to what may pass for 'rules' in writing.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
808.3
Table Of Content
Preface 1 Whatever Works: The Writing Process 2 Seeing is Believing: Showing and Telling 3 Building Character: Characterization, Part I 4 The Flesh Made Word: Characterization, Part II 5 Long Ago and Far Away: Fictional Setting 6 The Tower and The Net: Plot and Structure 7 Call Me Ishmael: Point of View 8 Is and Is Not: Comparison 9 Play It Again, Sam: Revision and Theme Acknowledgments Index
Synopsis
More than 250,000 copies sold A creative writer's shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Writing Fiction. Janet Burroway's best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades it has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn the craft. Now in its tenth edition, Writing Fiction is more accessible than ever for writers of all levels--inside or outside the classroom. This new edition continues to provide advice that is practical, comprehensive, and flexible. Burroway's tone is personal and nonprescriptive, welcoming learning writers into the community of practiced storytellers. Moving from freewriting to final revision, the book addresses "showing not telling," characterization, dialogue, atmosphere, plot, imagery, and point of view. It includes new topics and writing prompts, and each chapter now ends with a list of recommended readings that exemplify the craft elements discussed, allowing for further study. And the examples and quotations throughout the book feature a wide and diverse range of today's best and best-known creators of both novels and short stories. This book is a master class in creative writing that also calls on us to renew our love of storytelling and celebrate the skill of writing well. There is a very good chance that one of your favorite authors learned the craft with Writing Fiction . And who knows what future favorite will get her start reading this edition?, More than 250,000 copies sold! A creative writer's shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Writing Fiction. Janet Burroway's best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades it has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn the craft. Now in its tenth edition, Writing Fiction is more accessible than ever for writers of all levels--inside or outside the classroom. This new edition continues to provide advice that is practical, comprehensive, and flexible. Burroway's tone is personal and nonprescriptive, welcoming learning writers into the community of practiced storytellers. Moving from freewriting to final revision, the book addresses "showing not telling," characterization, dialogue, atmosphere, plot, imagery, and point of view. It includes new topics and writing prompts, and each chapter now ends with a list of recommended readings that exemplify the craft elements discussed, allowing for further study. And the examples and quotations throughout the book feature a wide and diverse range of today's best and best-known creators of both novels and short stories. This book is a master class in creative writing that also calls on us to renew our love of storytelling and celebrate the skill of writing well. There is a very good chance that one of your favorite authors learned the craft with Writing Fiction . And who knows what future favorite will get her start reading this edition?
LC Classification Number
PN3355.B79 2019
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