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The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes by Joan Silber
mobi |eng | 2009-06-23 | Author:Joan Silber

FABULOUS TIME In talking about time, once we turn to nonrealistic fiction—all those stories with action beyond the possible, from magic realism all the way back to the folktale—it's clear ...
( Category: Writing Skills February 15,2015 )
The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing by Evan Marshall
epub |eng | 2001-04-01 | Author:Evan Marshall [Marshall, Evan]

Section #___ Action: Resolve Lead‘s Subplot: Goal Achieved or Not Achieved The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing www.WriteANovelFast.com 111 Section #___ Action: Romantic Involvement Story Line Section #___ Action: Lead ...
( Category: Fiction February 15,2015 )
the portable MFA in creative writing by New York Writers Workshop
mobi |eng | 2006-05-13 | Author:New York Writers Workshop

3 Magazine Writing by CHARLES SALZBERG CHARLES SALZBERG has written for New York magazine, Esquire, GQ, Elle, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, The New York Times Arts and Leisure section, Travel & ...
( Category: Writing Skills February 15,2015 )
How to Write Fiction by The Guardian
epub |eng | 2011-10-13 | Author:The Guardian [Guardian, The]

Now you’re looking at the incident from the other person’s point of view and you’ll also be using their voice. As well as interpreting the events differently, this other person ...
( Category: Fiction February 15,2015 )
Conflict, Action and Suspense by William Noble
epub |eng | 2011-03-21 | Author:William Noble [Noble, William]

Then, let's shift point of view: Bobby couldn't believe the way Jamie just grinned at Fa-ther, as if this was one big joke. Didn't he understand how Father felt about ...
( Category: Fiction February 15,2015 )
Heroes and Heroines by Tami D. Cowden
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-17 | Author:Tami D. Cowden [Cowden, Tami D.]

169 —rniBimiiuim will be cracking jokes the whole time. These two meet jeopardy bravely, with smiles on their faces. They change . . . The SWASHBUCKLER may have enjoyed his ...
( Category: Fiction February 15,2015 )
The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman
epub, mobi |eng | 2000-01-20 | Author:Noah Lukeman [Lukeman, Noah]

There are not many exercises you can do to learn to fix confusing dialogue—the main task is to identify where and how it is confusing and clear it up. However, ...
( Category: Authorship February 15,2015 )
Writing Dialogue by Tom Chiarella
epub |eng | 2011-03-29 | Author:Tom Chiarella [Chiarella, Tom]

This sort of list can be a rich and important source of detail for your stories. 5. Quiet the narrator. Write a back-and-forth narrative (in which the first character speaks, ...
( Category: Fiction February 15,2015 )
It was the best of Sentences, it was the worst of sentences. by June Casagrande
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-04-01 | Author:June Casagrande [Casagrande, June]

( Category: Writing Skills February 15,2015 )
The Writer's Handbook by Sylvia K. Burack
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-11-08 | Author:Sylvia K. Burack

57 THE BUSINESS OF GRAFT WRITING By Kathleen Peelen Krebs IN THE PAST THREE DECADES, THE HANDCRAFT MOVEMENT HAS spawned an interest in and appreciation of fine crafts for the ...
( Category: Book Industry February 15,2015 )
Tell, Don't Show! by Lofquist James
mobi |eng | 2013-01-21 | Author:Lofquist, James [Lofquist, James]

Exercises in Telling You can only learn something so much by hearing or reading about it. The real gold is to be found in the doing. With Telling, this is ...
( Category: Writing Skills February 15,2015 )
The Power Of Point Of View by Alicia Rasley
epub |eng | 2011-03-29 | Author:Alicia Rasley [Rasley, Alicia]

CLASSICAL OMNISCIENT 1. Do you have any use for a narrative persona in this book? For example, in a comic novel, often an omniscient narrator can provide an ironic gloss ...
( Category: Writing Skills February 15,2015 )
Revision And Self-Editing by James Scott Bell
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-03-30 | Author:James Scott Bell [Bell, James Scott]

Compare those openings to the opening of one of your own manuscripts. What's the difference? Go to the library or bookstore and pick several novels at random. Read the opening ...
( Category: Editing February 15,2015 )
Getting the Words Right by Cheney Theodore
mobi |eng | 2011-01-20 | Author:Cheney, Theodore [Cheney, Theodore]

What has just been said about unusually short sentences and paragraphs may also be said about chapters. In a long novel of, say, twenty-five chapters averaging about twenty pages each, ...
( Category: Editing February 15,2015 )
You Can Write a Novel by James V. Smith Jr
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-05-09 | Author:James V. Smith Jr. [Smith, James V. Jr.]

* * * I have a list I call Ten Bumper Stickers That Cry Out “I’m an Amateur.” The list is a compilation of mistakes (not including misspellings and typos) ...
( Category: Fiction February 15,2015 )

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