Short Story Writer's Companion

Name: Short Story Writer's Companion
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ISBN: 9780195135558

ISBN-10: 0195135555

ISBN-13: 9780195135558

Edition: 2001

Authors: Tom Bailey

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Ideal for anyone interested in writing short stories or for introductory courses in fiction writing, A Short Story Writer's Companion is a highly accessible guide to the craft of creating short fiction. Written in an engaging style, this book enables beginning writers to recognize what works in writing short stories, what doesn't, and why. Part One of A Short Story Writer's Companion discusses fictional truth and significant detail, helping students of the form to make good sense of the often taught creative writing maxim, "Show, don't tell!" Part Two delves into the elements of fiction: character, point of view, plot, setting and time, metaphor, and voice. The author uses specific examples…

Book details

List price: $94.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/28/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.20" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Fictional Truth and Significant Detail


Fictional Truth


Significant Detail


The Abstract Versus the Concrete


Student Example



The Elements of the Short Story and Advice on Technique


"We Are Our Desires": Character


Round Versus Flat Characters


Characterization


Dialogue


Writing Exercises


The Eye of the Story: Point of View


First Person


Second Person


Third Person


Writing Exercises


The "Why?" Behind the Power of Plot: Shaping the Short Story


Motivation


Conflict, Climax, and Resolution


Story Versus Plot


Plotting Short Stories Versus Plotting Novels


Meaning


Writing Exercises


"The Lesser Angels of Fiction": Setting and Time


Setting


Time


Writing Exercises


"The Connectedness of All Living Things": Metaphor


The Writer's Muscle


Figurative Language


A Word of Advice About the "Fancy Stuff"


Writing Exercises


The Writer's Signature: Voice


Voice


Style


Language


Sentences


Paragraphs


Writing Exercises



Notes on the Fiction-writing Process


Write a Short Story!


How to Begin


Drafting


Rewriting


"The Habit of Writing"



Polishing


Galleys for "Snow Dreams"



"Snow Dreams"



A Last Companionable Word


Works Consulted


Index