Waterstones Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition
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Price: £17.00
Brand: Waterstones
Description: More than a quarter million copies sold!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 learning writers into the community of practiced storytellers. Moving from freewriting to final revision, the book addresses 'showing not telling," characterization, dialogue, atmosphere, plot, imagery, and point of view. It includes new topics and writing prompts, and each chapter now ends with a list of recommended readings that exemplify the craft elements discussed, allowing for further study. And the examples and quotations throughout the book feature a wide and diverse range of today's best and best-known creators of both novels and short stories. This book is a master class in creative writing that also calls on us to renew our love of storytelling and celebrate the skill of writing well. There is a very good chance that one your favorite authors learned the craft with Writing Fiction. And who knows what future favorite will get her start reading this edition?. Waterstones Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780226616698
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ISBN: 9780226616698
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Author: John Mccutcheon
Rating: 5
Review: There are a lot of similar books in the market, but, in my opinion, this is the best single volume. Works as great overall revision to, or in conjunction with, full academic courses. It’s a classic. The later editions are better.
Author: Kevin
Rating: 3
Review: The prose here is insightful and concise. I would give this book 5 stars except for two huge flaws. The first is that the tenth edition is missing the example stories. You need to buy the ninth edition to get those. The authors cite the cost to students, but they could have easily split out the anthology of short stories into a separate volume if that was their concern. The second flaw is that the authors give very short shrift to plot and story structure. Larry Brooks' "Story Engineering" can fill this gap, but it's a glaring omission in an otherwise stellar book.
