Fiction Writer's Workshop
by Novakovich, JosipEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-07-11
Publisher(s): Penguin Random House
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Summary
Over 55,000 copies sold in previous edition Features more than 100 creative writing exercises that challenge writers to experiment with diverse writing styles and develop their own unique voices New edition includes several short story examples tha
Author Biography
Josip Novakovich is the author of a novel (April Fool's Day, HarperCollins), three story collections (Infidelities: Stories of War and Lust, Yolk and Salvation and Other Disasters), two collections of narrative essays (Plum Brandy: Croatian Journeys and Apricots from Chernobyl), and was anthologized in Best American Poetry, Pushcart Prize, and O. Henry Prize Stories. He has received the Whiting Writer's Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 4 |
| Sources of Fiction: Where and How to Find Material | p. 9 |
| Setting: Evoking a Vivid Sense of Place and Time | p. 26 |
| Character: Inventing Fictional People | p. 45 |
| Plot: Strategies of Organization and Structure | p. 64 |
| Point of View: Selecting the Best Viewpoint | p. 87 |
| Dialogue and Scene: Handling Dramatic Action | p. 110 |
| Beginnings and Endings: Options and Techniques for Opening and Closing | p. 130 |
| Description and Word Choice: Choosing Effective Details, Matters of Style | p. 151 |
| Voice: Finding the Narrative Voice, Creating the Voices of Characters | p. 170 |
| Revision: Transforming the First Draft into Finished, Polished Fiction | p. 190 |
| Short Stories | |
| "Father Sergius" | p. 207 |
| "Mademoiselle Fifi" | p. 245 |
| "My Oedipus Complex" | p. 256 |
| "A Composer and His Parakeets" | p. 266 |
| "Reply All" | p. 278 |
| "The Blue Hotel" | p. 286 |
| "The Monkey Garden" | p. 310 |
| "We Didn't" | p. 314 |
| Index | p. 324 |
| About the Author | p. 330 |
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