Stein on Writing

Stein Sol

ISBN 10: 0312254210 / ISBN 13: 9780312254216

Editore: MacMillan, 2000

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• Titolo: Stein on Writing
• Editore: MacMillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0312254210
• ISBN 13: 9780312254216
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

Stein on Writing provides immediately useful advice for all writers of fiction and nonfiction, whether they are newcomers or old hands, students or instructors, amateurs or professionals. As the always clear and direct Stein explains here, "This is not a book of theory. It is a book of usable solutions--how to fix writing that is flawed, how to improve writing that is good, how to create interesting writing in the first place." With examples from bestsellers as well as from students' drafts, Stein offers detailed sections on characterization, dialogue, pacing, flashbacks, trimming away flabby wording, the so-called "triage" method of revision, using the techniques of fiction to enliven nonfiction, and more.

Informazioni sull?autore

Sol Stein is the author of several novels, including the million-copy bestseller The Magician. As an editor, his authors included James Baldwin, Jack Higgins, and many others. Stein has lectured widely on creative writing, and was given the Distinguished Instructor Award by the University of California at Irvine in 1993. His columns appear regularly on America Online and elsewhere.