Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular - Softcover

Hills, Rust

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9780553226959: Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553226959 ISBN 13: 9780553226959

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1984

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A practical guide to the craft of short fiction explores such essential problems as motivation, character, plot, flashback, foreshadowing, and the techniques of suspense

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"Admirable, wise, and comradely." -- John Leggett

"Every aspiring fiction writer ought to read this." --WRITER'S DIGEST

"When �Hills� writes about writing, we should all pay close attention." -- Richard Yates

" Admirable, wise, and comradely." -- John Leggett

" When [Hills] writes about writing, we should all pay close attention." -- Richard Yates

& quot; Admirable, wise, and comradely.& quot; -- John Leggett

& quot; When [Hills] writes about writing, we should all pay close attention.& quot; -- Richard Yates

When [Hills] writes about writing, we should all pay close attention. -- Richard Yates
Admirable, wise, and comradely. -- John Leggett
"Every aspiring fiction writer ought to read this." --WRITER'S DIGEST"

"When [Hills] writes about writing, we should all pay close attention." -- Richard Yates

"Admirable, wise, and comradely." -- John Leggett

"Every aspiring fiction writer ought to read this." --WRITER'S DIGEST

Synopsis:

Here is a practical guide to writing short stories that explains all the essential techniques of fiction - from character and plot to flashback and foreshadowing - in a way that is both understandable and useful to the beginning writer. Long considered a classic in the field, WRITING IN GENERAL is t

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