Title Details
Everything You Need to Know to Write Great Fiction
Creators:
Editors of Writer's Digest
Publisher:
F+W Media, Inc.
Format Information:
   Adobe EPUB eBook
File size:
519 KB
ISBN:
9781599635736

Additional Details:

Avail. date:
1/9/2012
Language:
English
Subjects:
Reference, Nonfiction
Digital Rights:
Adobe EPUB eBook Rights
Copying allowed, 2 selections every 7 days
Printing allowed, 25 pages every 7 days
Lending not allowed
Reading aloud not allowed

Description:

Learn How to Create Stories That Captivate Agents, Editors, and Readers Alike! Inside you?ll find the tools you need to build strong characters, keep your plots moving, master the art of dialogue, choose the right point of view, and more. This comprehensive book on the art of novel and short story writing is packed with advice and instruction from best-selling authors and writing experts like Nancy Kress, Elizabeth Sims, Hallie Ephron, N.M. Kelby, Heather Sellers, and Donald Maass, plus a foreword by James Scott Bell. You?ll learn invaluable skills for mastering every area of the craft: Define and refine your characters. Make your plot and conflict high-energy and intense. Hone your story?s point of view. Create a rich setting and backstory. Craft dialogue that rings true. Select the right words and descriptions throughout your story. Revise your story to perfection. Throughout you?ll find supplemental sections that cover special topics like getting started, beating writer?s block, researching your work, and getting published. They?ll help you integrate your skills into a balanced, productive, and fulfilling career. Whether you?re writing flash fiction, a short story, a novel, or an epic trilogy, you?ll come away with the tools you need for strong and effective storytelling. Bonus Online Exclusive! Download interviews with fiction masters like Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, Anne Tyler, Margaret Atwood, and more at writersdigest.com/crafting-novels-short-stories.