Delve into literature and discover exactly what a short story is. What makes a great short story? How are characters important? What is a setting? Using great examples from past and present, this book
This work traces the historical roots of the separation of style from rhetoric and its conflation with grammatical correctness, which has obscured understanding of the role of style in meaning making.
"This book is a study of the short story, one of the widest taught genres in English literature, from an innovative methodological perspective. Both liminality and the short story are well-researched
Outlines the steps involved in writing realistic fiction, including character development, setting, story plot, dialogue, and creating and revising the first draft.
""Helps would-be novelists overcome procrastination by providing a step-by-step and day-by-day guide to writing a complete first draft in 30 days. Author 'fast-drafted' her debut novel during National
The influential and widely respected narrative theorist, H. Porter Abbott, breaks new ground in Real Mysteries: Narrative and the Unknowable. In it, he revisits the ancient theme of what we cannot kno
In many fictional narratives, the progression of the plot exists in tension with a very different and powerful dynamic that runs, at a hidden and deeper level, throughout the text. In this volume, Dan
This all-new definitive guide to writing imaginative fiction takes a completely novel approach and fully exploits the visual nature of fantasy through original drawings, maps, renderings, and exercise
"This book introduces readers to the entertaining world of writing funny stories and is a perfect resource for meeting Common Core State Standards in writing. Key features of the genre are explained a
"This book introduces readers to the dark and creepy world of writing scary stories in an age-appropriate way. It is a perfect resource for meeting Common Core State Standards in writing. Key features
