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Gotham Writers' Workshop Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School
Contributor(s): Gotham Writers' Workshop (Author), Steele, Alexander (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1582343306     ISBN-13: 9781582343303
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
OUR PRICE: $18.04  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: August 2003
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Annotation: This guide's 11 easy-to-use chapters each focus on a different element of the writer's craft--character, plot, point of view, theme, setting, description, voice, and dialogue.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General
Dewey: 808.3
LCCN: 2003057739
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.18" W x 8.55" L (0.62 lbs) 291 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - New York
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
Features: Ikids, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/01/2003
Library Journal 07/01/2003
 
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Publisher Description:

Gotham Writers' Workshop has mastered the art of teaching the craft of writing in a way that is practical, accessible, and entertaining. Now the techniques of this renowned school are available in this book.
Here you'll find: - The fundamental elements of fiction craft-character, plot, point of view, etc.-explained clearly and completely - Key concepts illustrated with passages from great works of fiction - The complete text of "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver-a masterpiece of contemporary short fiction that is analyzed throughout the book - Exercises that let you immediately apply what you learn to your own writing
Written by Gotham Writers' Workshop expert instructors and edited by Dean of Faculty Alexander Steele, Writing Fiction offers the same methods and exercises that have earned the school international acclaim.
Once you've read-and written-your way through this book, you'll have a command of craft that will enable you to turn your ideas into effective short stories and novels.
You will be a writer.
Gotham Writers' Workshop is America's leading private creative writing school, offering classes in New York City and on the web at WritingClasses.com. The school's interactive online classes, selected "Best of the Web" by Forbes, have attracted thousands of aspiring writers from across the United States and more than sixty countries.
 
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