Dare to be a Great Writer: 329 Keys to Powerful Fiction - Softcover

Bishop, Leonard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898794641 ISBN 13: 9780898794649

Publisher: Writer's Digest Books, 1992

Synopsis

Solid, no-nonsense writing instruction, dispensed out in 329 easily digestible portions, to help fiction writers polish their skills and support their talent with cultivated craft.

About this title

From the Author:

Expert technique. The craft of the professional writer.
Dare To Be A Great Writer is a book on the techniques of professional writers. It is the best book on the how-to of professional writing published in the last fifty years. It contains more information on how successful writers craft their works than any other book on the market today.

The competition to be published is fierce. A writer anxious to break into print needs to know what he/she is doing. Stories, novels, non-fiction books do not pop onto the bookshelves like mushrooms, overnight. They are written by professionals who know what they are doing.

The only time writing can become art is when the writer creates art through the use of craft. If you have talent, you have a 2% edge over the untalented. If you foolishly believe that you lack talent, Dare To Be A Great Writer will show you how to fake it.

Foreshadowing, Characterization, Narration, Dialogue, Conflict, Plot-line, Exposition, Flashbacks, etc. – the techniques of the expe! rts come alive, illustrated by contemporary examples in Dare To Be A Great Writer.

There are THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE (329) specific techniques explained and demonstrated with easily understood examples. Dare To Be A Great Writer also shows how to combine techniques to accommodate more complicated scenes.

The author, Leonard Bishop, has taught in major universities coast to coast. He has conducted private writing classes for over 35 years. Over two hundred of his students have been published. Some have written books on writing. Others are teaching the craft of writing at colleges and universities.

Bishop has written for Television and the movies, has been a book doctor, magazine editor, columnist, copy writer, ghost writer, and biographer. What he doesn’t know about writing, you don’t need to know.

Synopsis:

Outlines techniques for aspiring novelists to improve writing skills through the development of scene, plot, character, conflict, relationships, perception, dialogue, and overall structure.

About this edition

• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0898794641
• ISBN 13: 9780898794649
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336