How to Write Damn Good Fiction: Advanced Techniques for Dramatic Storytelling

How to Write Damn Good Fiction: Advanced Techniques for Dramatic Storytelling

by James N. Frey (Author)

Synopsis

From the author of "How to Write a Damn Good Novel", this book offers powerful advanced techniques in fiction writing - how to build suspense, create fresher, more interesting characters, and achieve greater reader sympathy, empathy and identification. Quoting a range of writers from Stephen King and Kafka to Peter Benchley and Stephen Crane, this is a practical, readable, down to earth and concise book which analyses what makes good (and commercial) fiction work and shows how to apply this understanding in an author's own writing. It is a must for any serious writer.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 23 Aug 2002

ISBN 10: 0333907590
ISBN 13: 9780333907597

Author Bio
James N. Frey is one of the most admired lecturers and writers on the art of writing novels. The author of over nine novels, he conducts writing workshops at the University of California, Berkeley and lectures regularly across the US. He is the author of the instructive How To Write Damn Good Fiction and lives in California.