Creative Writing: A Guide and Glossary to Fiction WritingISBN: 978-0-7456-3688-7
Paperback
256 pages
December 2006, Polity
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All writers are familiar with terms like plot, suspense, conflict
and character. They may be less familiar with intertextuality,
anachrony, and fabula, and they may be even less confident in
achieving the effects these terms refer to. This book defines
fictional techniques and guides the potential writer in their use.
It may spark off ideas for stories and novels and provide first-aid
for failing stories. A story's ending may come as a surprise to the
reader, suspense may have the reader on the edge of the seat, and
conflict may lead to unbearable excitement. It is the job of the
writer to create these effects and this book illustrates how it is
done.
The book is for students doing creative writing in higher
education, at "A" level, and it will be essential reading for
anyone interested in writing fiction.
Contents:
- Definitions of over 200 terms and techniques to do with fiction
writing
- How to achieve fictional effects
- Literary examples of the techniques described
Characteristics of genre as well as literary fiction
- Basic but essential techniques such as writing dialogue and
using figures of speech
- Definitions of major terms used in publishing