Title: Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular: An Informal Textbook
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0618082344
ISBN 13: 9780618082346
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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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 the product of a lifetime of reflection by one of our best literary minds.

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"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

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