Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition, Elizabeth StuckeyFrench
Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition, Elizabeth StuckeyFrench
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Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition
A Guide to Narrative Craft

Author: Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Ned Stuckey-French, Janet Burroway

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Unabridged: 9 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/28/2019

Synopsis

A creative writerss shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Writing Fiction. Janet Burroway's bestselling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades it has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn the craft.

This new edition continues to provide advice that is practical, comprehensive, and flexible. Burroway's tone is personal and nonprescriptive, welcoming learning writers into the community of practiced storytellers. Moving from freewriting to final revision, the book addresses "showing not telling," characterization, dialogue, atmosphere, plot, imagery, and point of view. It includes new topics and writing prompts. And the examples and quotations throughout the book feature a wide and diverse range of today's best and best-known creators of both novels and short stories.

This book is a master class in creative writing that also calls on us to renew our love of storytelling and celebrate the skill of writing well. There is a very good chance that one of your favorite authors learned the craft with Writing Fiction. And who knows what future favorite will get her start listening to this edition?

About Elizabeth Stuckey-French

Elizabeth Stuckey-French is the author of several novels, including the Revenge of the Radioactive Lady and Mermaids on the Moon, as well as a collection of short stories, the First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa. With Janet Burroway and Ned Stuckey-French, she is a coauthor of Writing Fiction: A Guide to the Narrative Craft. Her short stories have appeared in Narrative Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, and the O'Henry Prize Stories. She has won a James Michener Fellowship, a Florida Book Award, and grants from the Howard Foundation, the Indiana Arts Foundation, and the Florida Arts Foundation. She teaches fiction writing at Florida State University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Taka

Excellent, with some quibbles-- Used by creative writing programs all over the U.S., this book pretty much covers everything about the craft. The contemporary short stories at the end of each chapter were really good, especially starting from Chapter 4 with "Mule Killers" by Lydia Peelle. The main foc......more

Goodreads review by Dave

This is THE classic how-to on writing fiction. I used this both as a student and teacher. The examples are incredible. Update, Aug 2017: I just bought the 8th edition of this book, and started rereading several chapters again. (I also went back and reread 10 years ago.) Even an experienced writer can......more

Goodreads review by Steven

I cannot in good conscience give this text anything higher than a two. The advice is solid, I'm not going to argue against that, but there is far too much meat in the writing that comes across less as solid writing advice and more as a formulaic approach to writing. This text is full of bland approa......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen

"Almost any reader can identify with almost any character; what no reader can identify with is confusion."......more

Goodreads review by Miranda

I am beginning my last semester of a Creative Writing BA program in San Francisco, and out of the many writing books I read (Anne Lamott, Stephen King, David Morley, Natalie Goldberg...) this one came close to perfection. It provides students a grounding vocabulary. With this book students can discu......more

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