How to Write Fiction (And Think About It)
Published on 30. October 2006
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-1-4039-9314-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 three 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.
- 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.
Reviews / Votes
'Very friendly and direct, and full of practical insights.' - Jenny Newman, University of Nottingham, UKMore details
Edition
2006
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
484 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-9314-4 (9781403993144)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-20789-9
Schweitzer Classification
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How to Write Fiction (And Think About It)
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Person
ROBERT GRAHAM is Programme Leader of the BA Creative Writing degree at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His previous publications include The Road to Somewhere: A Creative Writing Companion (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004).
Content
Notes on Contributors.- Introduction.- Writing Bursts.- PART 1: HOW A WRITER WORKS.- How A Writer Works.- Making Notes.- 500-word Story Project: Person, Place, Problem.- Keeping Journals.- How To Read As A Writer + Reflection Project: The Writer Reading.- Reflection Project 2: Reading As A Writer.- PART 2: HOW TO WRITE SHORT STORIES.- A Brief Tour Around The Short Story.- The Distance Between: Author, Narrator, Reader and Point of View.- Characters; H.Newall.- Living Elsewhere: Plot.- Scenes.- Dialogue.- Setting.- Epiphany.- 1000-word Story Project: Family Plot.- PART 3: HOW TO REDRAFT.- Redrafting 1: Editing.- Page Design.- Peer Appraisal.- Writer's Workshops.- Redrafting 2: Revising.- PART 4: HOW TO MANAGE FICTIONAL TIME.- Some Notes On Handling Time In Fiction; J.Friel.- Foreshadowing.- Transitions.- Crossing Timelines and Breaking Rules; H.Leach.- PART 5: HOW TO WRITE WITH STYLE.- Meaning Sense and Clarity.- Description; U.Hurley.- Sentences.- 2000-word Story Project: Dental Surgery.- PART 6: DEVELOPING YOUR FICTION.- Demons and Angels: Using a Persona; J.Newman.- Looking For The Drama; U.Hurley.- 3000-word Story Project: Literary Revision.- The Longer Story.- Story Project: The Longer Story.- The Short Story Cycle.- Story Project: The Short Story Cycle.- Structure What Is It Good For?; G.Creer.- Reflection Project 3: Where You Are Up To Now.- AFTERWORD.- How To Go the Distance.- Bibliography.- Index.