Writing to the Point: A Complete Guide to Selling Fiction

Algis Budrys

ISBN 10: 1886211000 / ISBN 13: 9781886211001

Published by Unifont, 1994

About this Item

Signed and Inscribed by Algis Budrys. No other markings in text. Third Printing, 1994. Complete concise guide to writing fiction that sells.Get a master's competitive edge in the writing business. Bestselling writer, editor and renown writing teacher Algis Budrys has distilled 50 years of success into "Writing to the Point."This is the book you need to be a better, and more successful, author.Write better stories. Fix mistakes in your present stories!Algis Budrys's Writing to The Point contains all the writing articles that appeared over the first ten issues of tomorrow Magazine, re-edited and expanded. It has an introduction by the author, and an appendix containing three separate essays:"Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy"Ideas, How They Work And How To Fix Them"What a Story Is."In this book you will find, in permanent form, everything an aspiring amateur needs to know in order to become a published author. Algis Budrys has taught hundreds of people at scores of workshops. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Fri.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writing to the Point: A Complete Guide to Selling Fiction
• Publisher: Unifont
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1886211000
• ISBN 13: 9781886211001
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Complete concise guide to writing fiction that sells.Get a master's competitive edge in the writing business. Bestselling writer, editor and renown writing teacher Algis Budrys has distilled 50 years of success into "Writing to the Point."This is the book you need to be a better, and more successful, author.Write better stories. Fix mistakes in your present stories!Algis Budrys's Writing to The Point contains all the writing articles that appeared over the first ten issues of tomorrow Magazine, re-edited and expanded. It has an introduction by the author, and an appendix containing three separate essays:"Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy"Ideas, How They Work And How To Fix Them"What a Story Is."In this book you will find, in permanent form, everything an aspiring amateur needs to know in order to become a published author. Algis Budrys has taught hundreds of people at scores of workshops, and edited not only tomorrow Magazine but many books and other magazines. The methods he describes in Writing to The Point are methods that have worked repeatedly.

About the Author

Algis Budrys, known as “AJ” by his numerous friends and writing students, was one of the formative influences in the enormously successful Writers of the Future Contest, where he served as judge, coordinator, and chief instructor for many years. In addition, he was also an instructor at the Clarion Writers Workshop. Also known for his fiction, Budrys wrote the Hugo-Award nominated Rogue Moon, as well as Who?, The Falling Torch, Hard Landing, Michaelmas, and others. He was also a critic for Galaxy Science Fiction and a book editor for Playboy. He passed away in 2008.