| Edition |
Vintage Books ed. |
| Description |
xii, 224 pages ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
A guide to creative writing examines diverse facets of writing technique, and contains analyses of works by writers from Homer to Mark Twain. |
| Contents |
Notes on literary-aesthetic theory -- Aesthetic law and artistic mystery -- Basic skills, genre, and fiction as dream -- Interest and truth -- Metafiction, deconstructino and jazzing around -- Notes on the fictional process -- Common errors -- Technique -- Plotting -- Exercises. |
| Subject |
Fiction -- Technique.
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| ISBN |
0679734031 |
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9780679734031 |
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