Screen LibraryWriting fiction : a guide to narrative craft /
A creative writer's shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Writing Fiction. Janet Burroway's best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades it has helped hundreds of thousands of stu...
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The University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago , Illinois : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Tenth edition. |
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Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing
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A creative writer's shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Writing Fiction. Janet Burroway's best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades it has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn the craft. Now in its tenth edition, Writing Fiction is more accessible than ever for writers of all levels-inside or outside the classroom. This new edition continues to provide advice that is practical, comprehensive, and flexible. Burroway's tone is personal and nonprescriptive, welcoming lea |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780226616698 022661669X 9780226616551 022661655X |
| Index Number: | PN3355 |
| CLC: | I054-62 |
| Call Number: | I054-62/B972/10th ed. |
| Contents: | Preface -- Whatever works: the writing process -- Seeing is believing: showing and telling -- Building character: characterization, part I -- The flesh made word: characterization, part II -- Long ago and far away: fictional setting -- The tower and the net: plot and structure -- Call me Ishmael: point of view -- Is and is not: comparison -- Play it again, Sam: revision and theme. |