By Cunning & Craft: Practical Wisdom for Fiction Writers - Brossura

Selgin, Peter

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0985849533 ISBN 13: 9780985849535

Casa editrice: Serving House Books, 2012

Riassunto

Writing successful fiction is a balance between trusting one’s own instincts and making the right conscious choices. In by Cunning & Craft, award-winning novelist and short-story writer Peter Selgin shows you how to combine the instinctive process of creation with sound technical ingenuity. With precise instruction and examples from classic and best-selling works, this authoritative guide helps you master all the essential fiction-wiring elements. Whether you’re facing the blank pages of a first draft or trying to revise a completed manuscript, By Cunning & Craft provides you with the guidance you need to outfox common writing pitfalls and make sure your work isn’t wanting in wit—or perfection.

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L'autore

Peter Selgin is the author of Drowning Lessons, winner of the 2007 Flannery O'Connor Award for Fiction, Life Goes to the Movies, a novel, and several children's books. His memoir, Confessions of a Left-Handed Man: An Artist's Memoir, was short-listed for the 2012 William Saroyan International Prize. His most recent novel, The Water Master, was awarded the Pirate's Alley/William Faulkner Society Prize for best novel. Other honors include the Missouri Review Editors' Prize, a Dana Award for the Essay, and a Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference Award for his full-length play, A God in the House, based on Dr. Kevorkian and his suicide machine. He is an Assistant Professor of English at Georgia College and State University and teaches at Antioch University's MFA Creative Writing Program.

Product Description

Whether readers are facing the blank pages of their first drafts or struggling to revise completed drafts, this book provides them with the guidance they need to finish their novels and pursue publication. Author and writing instructor Peter Selgin combines informative lessons on mastering the 10 core elements of fiction writing with examples from a diverse array of published fictional bestsellers to show readers how to learn from the masters while simultaneously encouraging them to trust in their own instincts. Selgin covers every aspect of novel writing including inspiration, character development, point of view, structure and plot, theme and premise, dialogue, description, scenes, summary, flashback, voice and style, and revision. Destined to become an essential novelists handbook, By Cunning & Craft shows fiction writers of all skill levels and genres how to combine the instinctive process of creation with sound technical ingenuity.

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• Editore: Serving House Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0985849533
• ISBN 13: 9780985849535
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 276