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Susan Weinberg and
Janet Burroway
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Longman Pub Group
Publication date
July 1, 2002
Pages
431
Binding
Paperback
Edition
6
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780321117953
ISBN-10
0321117956
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$70.60
§As reported by publisher
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In the Palm of Your Hand | Night Sky With Exit Wounds | The Art of the Short Story | The Art of Fiction | The Poet's Companion | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Imaginative Writing | Water for Elephants | The Shipping News
Summaries and Reviews
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: The most widely used and respected book on writing fiction, Writing Fiction guides the writer from first inspiration to final revision. Supported by an abundance exercises, this guide/anthology explores and integrates the elements of fiction while offering practical techniques and concrete examples. A focus on the writing process in its entirety provides a comprehensive guide to writing fiction, approaching distinct elements in separate chapters while building on what has been covered earlier. Topics include free-writing to revision, plot, style, characterization, dialogue, atmosphere, imagery, and point of view. An anthology of diverse and contemporary short stories followed by suggestions for discussion and writing exercises, illustrates concepts while offering variety in pacing and exposure to this increasingly popular form. The book also discusses key issues including writing workshops, using autobiography as a basis for fiction, using action in stories, using dialogue, and maintaining point of view. The sixth edition also features more short short stories than any previous edition and includes quotation boxes that offer advice and inspirational words from established writers on a wide range of topics--such as writing from experience, story structure, openings and endings, and revision. For those interested in developing their creative writing skills.
Editions
Paperback
With Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Ned Stuckey-french |
9 pap/psc edition from Longman Pub Group (August 4, 2014)
9780134015316 | details & prices | 361 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $120.60
About: The most widely used and respected text in its field, Writing Fiction, Ninth Edition guides the novice story writer from first inspiration to final revision.
About: The most widely used and respected text in its field, Writing Fiction, Ninth Edition guides the novice story writer from first inspiration to final revision.
With Elizabeth Stuckey-French (other contributor), Ned Stuckey-french (other contributor) |
9 edition from Longman Pub Group (January 23, 2014)
9780321923165 | details & prices | 361 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $112.60
With Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Ned Stuckey-french |
8 pck pap/ edition from Longman Pub Group (June 14, 2013)
9780321916358 | details & prices | 410 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $113.07
About: ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN.
About: ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN.
With Elizabeth Stuckey-French |
7 edition from Longman Pub Group (April 30, 2006)
9780321277367 | details & prices | 433 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $92.60
The price comparison is for this edition
With Susan Weinberg |
6 edition from Longman Pub Group (July 1, 2002)
9780321117953 | details & prices | 431 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $70.60
About: The most widely used and respected book on writing fiction, Writing Fiction guides the writer from first inspiration to final revision.
About: The most widely used and respected book on writing fiction, Writing Fiction guides the writer from first inspiration to final revision.
6 edition from Addison-Wesley (July 1, 2002)
9789990005349 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $0.02
5 sub edition from Addison-Wesley (July 1, 1999)
9780321026897 | details & prices | 384 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $54.00
About: This comprehensive, informal, practical guide/anthology approaches the elements of fiction from the writer's point of view.
About: This comprehensive, informal, practical guide/anthology approaches the elements of fiction from the writer's point of view.
5th edition from Addison-Wesley (July 1, 1999)
9789990005059 | details & prices | List price $0.02
from Addison-Wesley (October 1, 1995)
9780673523457 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $39.00
About: With help for every would-be novelist, this handbook and anthology is the most widely used guide to the techniques of fiction.
About: With help for every would-be novelist, this handbook and anthology is the most widely used guide to the techniques of fiction.
4th edition from Watson-Guptill Pubns (September 1, 1995)
9780823050123 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $30.00
About: With help for every would-be novelist, this handbook and anthology is the most widely used guide to the techniques of fiction.
About: With help for every would-be novelist, this handbook and anthology is the most widely used guide to the techniques of fiction.
3 edition from Watson-Guptill Pubns (December 1, 1994)
9780823049653 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $27.50
About: Book by Burroway, Janet
About: Book by Burroway, Janet
from Harpercollins College Div (October 1, 1991)
9780673521194 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $27.68
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