The Schoen, Steven 1946- creator text nju Upper Saddle River, N.J Prentice Hall 2000 monographic eng

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xviii, 121 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Designed for undergraduate courses in introductory creative writing, This text treats creative writing as a practical skill-building course with actual applications. It presents coverage of the elements of fiction and real-world writing techniques. Lying 101. Basic truths ; The structured lie ; True believers -- Details. Sweating the small stuff ; Show-and-tell ; Action ; Setting -- Character. Character-driven plot ; Defining the cast ; How to build a person ; Presentation -- Plot. Nothing new under the son ; Cause-and-effect plotting ; Plot outlines -- Story structure. Opening the doors ; Middles ; Endings -- Dialogue. Mechanics ; Dialogue/style ; Dialogue/content - - Point of view. Processing ; The points of view -- Style. Mode ; Dealing with the past ; Diction ; Symbolism -- Appendixes. Research ; Publication and market research exercise ; Manuscript style. Steven Schoen. Includes index. Creative writing Fiction Authorship Fiction Technique 808.3 0130257710 99051599 991012 20181127184000.0 7614