Fiction Writers Handbook

Informationen zum Autor As co-editors of Story magazine, Whit and Hallie Burnett published the first work of many noted writers--Norman Mailer, J.D. Salinger, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Carson McCullers and many others. The Burnetts also taught writing and wrote and edited numerous books. Klappentext This book offers practical advice on every aspect of writing novels and short stories: plotting and narrative development, characterization and dialogue, sources of material, planning an opening, roughing out chapters, using suspense and emotional color, rewriting and highlighting and much more. Examples drawn from the works of outstanding writers, past and present, illustrate each point, making this the perfect handbook for professional writers and students. Zusammenfassung This book offers practical advice on every aspect of writing novels and short stories: plotting and narrative development! characterization and dialogue! sources of material! planning an opening! roughing out chapters! using suspense and emotional color! rewriting and highlighting and much more. Examples drawn from the works of outstanding writers! past and present! illustrate each point! making this the perfect handbook for professional writers and students.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hallie Burnett, Burnett Hallie
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.01.1993
• EAN: 9780062731692
• ISBN: 978-0-06-273169-2
• Pagine: 224
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 13 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Diritto, professione, finanze > Formazione, professione, carriera; Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione > Enciclopedie, lessici; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; Sociolinguistics, Communication Studies, Language: reference and general, Language teaching and learning, Writing and editing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Educational: Language, literature and literacy, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: MILITARY, HISTORY: 21ST CENTURY AMERICAN, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy, EDUCATION: Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts