Fiction Writer's Workshop

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ISBN: 9781582975368 | 1582975361
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/11/2008

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Over 55,000 copies sold in previous edition Features more than 100 creative writing exercises that challenge writers to experiment with diverse writing styles and develop their own unique voices New edition includes several short story examples tha

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Preface	p. 1
Introduction	p. 4
Sources of Fiction: Where and How to Find Material	p. 9
Setting: Evoking a Vivid Sense of Place and Time	p. 26
Character: Inventing Fictional People	p. 45
Plot: Strategies of Organization and Structure	p. 64
Point of View: Selecting the Best Viewpoint	p. 87
Dialogue and Scene: Handling Dramatic Action	p. 110
Beginnings and Endings: Options and Techniques for Opening and Closing	p. 130
Description and Word Choice: Choosing Effective Details, Matters of Style	p. 151
Voice: Finding the Narrative Voice, Creating the Voices of Characters	p. 170
Revision: Transforming the First Draft into Finished, Polished Fiction	p. 190
Short Stories
"Father Sergius"	p. 207
"Mademoiselle Fifi"	p. 245
"My Oedipus Complex"	p. 256
"A Composer and His Parakeets"	p. 266
"Reply All"	p. 278
"The Blue Hotel"	p. 286
"The Monkey Garden"	p. 310
"We Didn't"	p. 314
Index	p. 324
About the Author	p. 330
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