Elements of Fiction Writing - Beginnings, Middles & Ends - Couverture souple

Livre 4 sur 5: Elements of Fiction Writing

Kress, Nancy

 
9780898799057: Elements of Fiction Writing - Beginnings, Middles & Ends
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0898799058 ISBN 13 : 9780898799057
Editeur : Writer's Digest Books, 1999

Synopsis

Reveals methods for creating a compelling story from beginning to end, discussing solutions for potential problems at each stage of the creative process

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Get Your Readers' Attention And Keep It From the First World to the Final Page Translating that initial flash of inspiration into a complete story requires careful crafting. So how do you keep your story from beginning slowly, floundering midway, and trailing off at the end? Nancy Kress shows you effective solutions for potential problems at each stage of your story essential lessons for strong start-to-finish storytelling. Hook readers, agents, and editors in the first three paragraphs. Make and keep your story's implicit promise to the reader. Build drama and credibility by controlling your prose. Consider the price a writer pays for flashbacks. Reveal character effectively throughout your story. Get the tools you need to get your story off to an engaging start, keep the middle tight and compelling, and make your conclusion high impact. You'll also find dozens of exercises to help strengthen your short story or novel. Let this resource be your guide to successful stories from the first word to the last.

Biographie de l'auteur

Although she began by writing fantasy, Nancy Kress currently writes science fiction, most usually about genetic engineering. She teaches regularly at summer conferences such as Clarion, and during the year at the Bethesda Writing Center in Bethesda, Maryland. In addition, she is the "Fiction" columnist for Writer's Digest magazine. She has won two Nebulas and a Hugo, and lost over a dozen more of these awards. Her work has been translated into Swedish, French, Italian, German, Spanish, began by writing fantasy, among others.

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Éditeur
Writer's Digest Books
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0898799058
ISBN 13 
9780898799057
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
149
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