Creating Short Fiction: The Classic Guide to Writing Short Fiction

Knight, Damon

ISBN 10: 0312150946 / ISBN 13: 9780312150945

Editore: St. Martin's Griffin, 1997

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Riassunto:

Distilled from decades of teaching and practice, this book offers clear and direct advice on structure, pacing, dialogue, getting ideas, working with the unconscious, and more. Newly revised and expanded for this Third Edition, Creating Short Fiction is a popular and widely trusted guide to writing short stories of originality, durability, and quality. Celebrated short-story author and writing instructor Knight also includes many examples and exercises that have been effective in classrooms and workshops everywhere.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Damon Knight earned his reputation as a modern master of the short story with such classics as "I See You," "The Handler," "To Serve Man," and "The Country of the Kind." He and his wife, Kate Wilhelm, taught short-story writing at the Clarion Workshop for almost thirty years, during which time he worked with many of today's prominent writers. Knight has also received the C.E.S. Wood Award and the SFWA Grand Master Award for his writing.

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Titolo: Creating Short Fiction: The Classic Guide to...
Casa editrice: St. Martin's Griffin
Data di pubblicazione: 1997
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good