Twenty problems of the fiction writer : a series of lectures on the craftsmanship of the modern short-story
1st edition. -- Examines issues facing writers of short story fiction, and how to create good fiction. Explains how to build a short-story around a character, or an initial plot idea, and how to create a beginning, body, and ending. Details about choosing narrator, point of view, and style are also...
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
1929
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/56674 |
| Summary: | 1st edition. -- Examines issues facing writers of short story fiction, and how to create good fiction. Explains how to build a short-story around a character, or an initial plot idea, and how to create a beginning, body, and ending. Details about choosing narrator, point of view, and style are also discussed, as are ways to create drama, set the scene, create drama, and choose atmosphere. Concludes with a description of the similarities and differences between short-stories and other types of fiction. Companion volume to the author's "The only two ways to write a story". Includes index. |
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