Writing In General And The Short Story In Particular: An Informal Textbook - Softcover

Hills, L. Rust

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618082344 ISBN 13: 9780618082346

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 2000

Synopsis

Now a classic in the field, this practical guide to writing explains the essential techniques from character and plot to flashback and foreshadowing. A resource book for both beginning and seasoned writers.

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Review:

"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

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0618082344
• ISBN 13: 9780618082346
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208