Elements of Fiction Writing - Beginnings, Middles & Ends - Softcover

Kress, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1599632195 ISBN 13: 9781599632193

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2011

Synopsis

Get Your Readers' Attention And Keep It From the First World to the Final Page Translating that initial flash of inspiration into a complete story requires careful crafting. So how do you keep your story from beginning slowly, floundering midway, and trailing off at the end? Nancy Kress shows you effective solutions for potential problems at each stage of your story essential lessons for strong start-to-finish storytelling. Hook readers, agents, and editors in the first three paragraphs. Make and keep your story's implicit promise to the reader. Build drama and credibility by controlling your prose. Consider the price a writer pays for flashbacks. Reveal character effectively throughout your story. Get the tools you need to get your story off to an engaging start, keep the middle tight and compelling, and make your conclusion high impact. You'll also find dozens of exercises to help strengthen your short story or novel. Let this resource be your guide to successful stories from the first word to the last.

About this title

About the Author:

Although she began by writing fantasy, Nancy Kress currently writes science fiction, most usually about genetic engineering. She teaches regularly at summer conferences such as Clarion, and during the year at the Bethesda Writing Center in Bethesda, Maryland. In addition, she is the "Fiction" columnist for Writer's Digest magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1599632195
• ISBN 13: 9781599632193
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 176