Fiction Writing Reference
azw3 |eng | 2014-11-27 | Author:Clémentine Beauvais [Beauvais, Clémentine]

This is what good action books do: make you feel the ‘bite of incense on the breeze’ as a reminder both of where you are and of the sting of ...
( Category: Children's Literature February 27,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-12-11 | Author:Ander Monson

Over the years I travelled to another universe. However alert we are, however much we think we know what will happen, antiquity remains an unknown, unanticipated galaxy. It is alien, ...
( Category: Essays February 25,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-02-24 | Author:Hadiya Nuriddin [Nuriddin, Hadiya]

Why Relevance Matters in Stories Relevance has many layers, and it’s easy to misjudge what is and is not relevant. Does your story have to be relevant to the content, ...
( Category: Performing Arts February 25,2020 )
epub |eng | 2010-02-28 | Author:Dave Isay

GREGG KORBON, 57, speaks to his wife, KATHRYN KORBON, 52 RECORDED IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA Gregg Korbon: There’s a Little League baseball field in Charlottesville called Brian C. Korbon Field, and ...
( Category: Anthologies February 21,2020 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2002-02-19 | Author:John D. Haley

How Do I Talk About Faith? Now we’re on hallowed ground, so to speak. Discussing faith with a bereaved person is the best thing you can do. Or the worst. ...
( Category: Research February 20,2020 )
mobi |eng | 2012-02-08 | Author:Paula Berinstein

24. The Marshmallow. Your story lacks conflict and suspense. Even comedies with happy endings contain conflict. A character who meets his soulmate and goes off to do good works with ...
( Category: Fiction Writing Reference February 17,2020 )
epub |eng | 1998-07-21 | Author:Umberto Eco [Eco, Umberto]

Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Triangles, Squares, Pentagons, Hexagons, and other figures, instead of remaining fixed in their places, move freely about, on or in ...
( Category: Movements & Periods February 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-01-10 | Author:Philip Gerard [Gerard, Philip]

The Art of Listening Nomi Stone writes, “For the past ten years, I have sought to heed Carolyn Forché’s call to comprehend the impress of the social on the poetic ...
( Category: Fiction Writing Reference January 19,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-04-20 | Author:Russell Fine [Fine, Russell]

THE QUICK TRIP TO GANYMEDE February 2078 to May 2078 By mid-February 2078, the new engine had been installed on the Ganymede Express. It was now the fastest passenger spaceship ...
( Category: Children's Studies January 17,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-06-07 | Author:Russell Fine [Fine, Russell]

Coplent Warship August 4, 2122 Commander Streb was sound asleep in his cabin when the battle station alarm rang. He was up in an instant and was about to call ...
( Category: Children's Studies January 17,2020 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2011-06-16 | Author:Michael Newton

7. Heroes and Heavies Picture a deserted city. Streets are empty, shops and houses uninhabited. There is no sign of life, no sound. The very atmosphere is dusty, dead. You ...
( Category: Fiction Writing Reference January 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-06-30 | Author:Mark Edmundson [Edmundson, Mark]

TO READ AS A WRITER Are there any days that are better than the days of early reading? I mean the time, usually in youth, when you first fall in ...
( Category: Education Theory January 13,2020 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2017-06-06 | Author:Winternheimer, Alida [Winternheimer, Alida]

These rules established a narrative framework for my stories that immediately established the omniscient point of view for the reader. Let’s look at an excerpt from “The Herd” to see ...
( Category: Fiction Writing Reference December 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-28 | Author:Princeton Review [Review, The Princeton]

( Category: Calculus April 16,2018 )
mobi |eng | 2013-06-24 | Author:Alan Gelb [Gelb, Alan]

Metaphors: The Well-Dressed Essay If we think of the narrative as an outfit, let’s imagine metaphors as the jewelry—bright, shiny things that attract attention. Most people enjoy jewelry, but if ...
( Category: College Entrance April 9,2018 )