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Description: More than 250,000 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 tel Book and Mortar Record Store Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition: A Guide to Narrative Craft -- Janet Burroway 20.04 More than 250,000 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 of your favorite authors learned the craft with Writing Fiction. And who knows what future favorite will get her start reading this edition? Author: Janet Burroway, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Ned Stuckey-French Publisher: University of Chicago Press Published: 04/01/2019 Pages: 240 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.80lbs Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.70d ISBN: 9780226616698 About the Author Janet Burroway is the author of plays, essays, poetry, children's books, and eight novels, including The Buzzards, Raw Silk, Opening Nights, Cutting Stone, and Bridge of Sand. She also edited the essay collection A Story Larger than My Own for the University of Chicago Press. She is Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Emerita at Florida State University. She lives in Chicago and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Stuckey-French is professor of English at Florida State University. Ned Stuckey-French (1950-2019) was associate professor of English at Florida State University and director of the FSU Certificate Program in Publishing and Editing.

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Artist: Burroway, Janet

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Number of Pages: 240 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition : a Guide to Narrative Craft

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Subject: General, Composition & Creative Writing

Publication Year: 2019

Item Height: 0.6 in

Item Weight: 12.9 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Ned Stuckey-French, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Janet Burroway

Item Length: 9 in

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Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing Ser.

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