Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft
by Janet Burroway
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Author: Janet BurrowayEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 2007-01
ISBN: 0321277198
Number of pages: 433
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Book Reviews of Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft
Book Review: Practical advice coupled with inspirational examples.
Summary: 5 Stars
Janet Burroway is the ideal writing teacher. She encourages, cajoles, instructs and gives excellent examples from the best writers in contemporary fiction. This book is an indispensible tool for beginning writers as well as old pros. It covers everything from characterization to setting and plot in a logical, step by step fashion. Each chapter devoted to a topic is illustrated not only with Burroway's own writing, but with examples from the works of contemporary writers. It is the type of book one reads, underlines, and returns to again and again. A "must have" for aspiring ficition writers.
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