Description
This book offers practical advice on every aspect of writing novels and short stories: plotting and narrative development, characterization and dialogue, sources of material, planning an opening, roughing out chapters, using suspense and emotional color, rewriting and highlighting and much more. Examples drawn from the works of outstanding writers, past and present, illustrate each point, making this the perfect handbook for professional writers and students.
Author: Hallie Burnett
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 01/27/1993
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 7.97h x 5.35w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9780062731692
ISBN10: 0062731696
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing | General
- Reference | General