What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers

Name: What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
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ISBN: 9780062720061

ISBN-10: 0062720066

ISBN-13: 9780062720061

Edition: 2005 (Reprint)

Authors: Anne Bernays, Pamela Painter

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What If? is the first handbook for writers based on the idea that specific exercises are one of the most useful and provocative methods for mastering the art of writing fiction. With more than twenty-five years of experience teaching creative writing between them, Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter offer more than seventy-five exercises for both beginners and more experienced writers. These exercises are designed to develop and refine two basic skills: writing like a writer and, just as important, thinking like a writer. They deal with such topics as discovering where to start and end a story; learning when to use dialogue and when to use indirect discourse; transforming real events into…

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List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/20/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English




Beginnings



Notebooks, Journals, and Memory



Characterization



Perspective, Distance, and Point of View



Dialogue



Plot



The Elements of Style



A Writer's Tools



Invention and Transformation



Story Elements and forms as a Given



Revision: Rewriting is Writing



Games



Learning from the Greats



A Collection of Short Fiction