| Fiction Writers Handbook Contributor(s): Burnett, Hallie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062731696 ISBN-13: 9780062731692 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2020 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Fiction Writing - Reference - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching |
| Dewey: 808.3 |
| LCCN: 2001268901 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.35" W x 7.97" (0.38 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burnett, Hallie: - 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. |