So You Want to Write How to Master the Craft of Writing Fiction and Memoir

Name: So You Want to Write How to Master the Craft of Writing Fiction and Memoir
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ISBN: 9780972898454

ISBN-10: 097289845X

ISBN-13: 9780972898454

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: Marge Piercy, Ira Wood

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"This is a great book, no matter what stage of writing you're at!"-The Writer Magazine "Here is a must-have for would-be writers. Put this on the shelf right beside Strunk and White."-Booklist "Addresses all the elements of successful writing."-Tampa Tribune "Advice on getting your work published is worth the cost of the book alone."-St. Petersburg Times A featured selection of the Writer's Digest Book Club; chosen by The Writer Magazine as a Best Book of the Year; compared by the American Library Association to Strunk and White's classic The Elements of Style; acclaimed by critics, students and teachers and adopted by universities across the country, the unique collaboration…

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List price: $16.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Leapfrog Press
Publication date: 8/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Marge Piercy is the author of 35 books of poetry & fiction, including the best sellers "Gone to Soldiers" & "The Longings of Women".

Ira Wood is the author of three novels, a publisher, & a writing teacher whose classes address writers' feelings of hopelessness & overcoming the inner censor.



An Introduction to the Second Edition


Sharpening Your Innate Skills


Beginnings


Characterization


How to Avoid Writing Like a Victim


The Uses of Dialog


Plot In The Novel


Personal Narrative Strategies


Choosing And Manipulating Viewpoint


Descriptions


When You Have Research To Do


A Few Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction


Writing Short Stories


Titles


Writing Humor: Learning Survival Techniques


A Scandal In The Family


Work And Other Habits


Fame, Fortune, And Other Tawdry Illusions


The 10 Most Destructive Things Writers Can Do


Practical Information


Frequently Answered Questions


Appendix I


Appendix II


Index


Acknowledgments of Excerpts