Making Shapely Fiction by Jerome Stern
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- Pub. Date: November 2000
- 288pp
- Sales Rank: 66,091
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: November 2000
- Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
- Format: Paperback, 288pp
- Sales Rank: 66,091
- ISBN-13: 9780393321241
- ISBN: 039332124X
Synopsis
A deft analysis and appreciation of fiction—what makes it work and what can make it fail.
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Beginning as well as seasoned writers will find inspiration and valuable guidance in Stern's guide to the basic principles of fiction writing. This critically acclaimed reference stresses the importance of finding spontaneity and the writer's own personal path to creative expression.
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Jerome Stern, a professor of English and popular culture, is the author of an acclaimed book on writing, Making Shapely Fiction. His incisive monologues are regularly heard on National Public Radio.
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January 19, 2007: I've read many books on writing and this is easily the most helpful. Clear, concise, well-organized and witty.
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September 08, 2001: I am a writer and a teacher of creative writing at the college level. I have found this book an invaluable, witty, and well organized guide. Because I tend to reject prescriptive or overly new-agey approaches to the craft of writing, this book's literate and clear-eyed approach worked excellently for me. My students loved it too.
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