| Edition |
First Mariner Books edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 141 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"Modernized, new edition"--back cover. |
| Summary |
Presents advice on the basic elements of narrative prose, covering point of view, sentence length and complex syntax, indirect narration, grammar, punctuation, and the sound of writing. |
| Contents |
The sound of your writing -- Punctuation and grammar -- Sentence length and complex syntax -- Repetition -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Verbs: person and tense -- Point of view and voice -- Changing point of view -- Indirect narration, or what tells -- Crowding and leaping -- Appendix: the peer group workshop -- Exercises: Being gorgeous ; Am I Saramago ; Short and long ; Again and again and again ; Chastity ; The old woman ; Points of view ; Changing voices ; Telling it slant ; A terrible thing to do. |
| Subject |
Authorship -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Creative writing -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Narration (Rhetoric) -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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| ISBN |
0544611616 (paperback) |
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9780544611610 (paperback) |
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