The Writer Magazine's "Best Book of the Year for Writers" now in a big, new, expanded edition.
So You Want to Write: How to Master the Craft of Writing Fiction and Memoir
โ Scribed by Wood, Ira;Piercy, Marge
- Publisher
- Leapfrog Press
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 555 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 0979641527
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โฆ Synopsis
Praise; BOOKS BY MARGE PIERCY; Title Page; Introduction; 1 -- Sharpening Your Innate Skills; 2 -- Beginnings; 3 -- Characterization; 4 -- How to Avoid Writing Like a Victim; 5 -- The Uses of Dialog; 6 -- Plot In The Novel; 7 -- Personal Narrative Strategies; 8 -- Choosing And Manipulating Viewpoint; 9 -- Descriptions; 10 -- When You Have Research To Do; 11 -- A Few Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, And Fantasy; 12 -- Writing Short Stories; 13 -- Titles; 14 -- Writing Humor: Learning Survival Techniques; 15 -- A Scandal In The Family; 16 -- Work And Other Habits.;The Writer Magazine's "Best Book of the Year for Writers" now in a big, new, expanded edition.
โฆ Subjects
Fiction -- Authorship
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