TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schoen,Steven
TI  - The truth about fiction
SN  - 0130257710
U1  - 808.3 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, N.J.
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - Creative writing
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Technique
N1  - Includes index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -