Writing Short Stories

A Routledge Writer's Guide

Ailsa Cox

198 pages, parution le 28/09/2005

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Résumé

Ideal for those new to the genre or for anyone who wishes to improve their technique, Ailsa Cox's guide will help readers achieve their full potential as a short story writer. The book encourages you to be inventive, to break writing habits and to try something new, by showing the diversity of the short story genre, from cyberpunk to social observation. Each chapter of the book:

introduces key aspects of the craft of short story writing, including structure, dialogue, characterization, viewpoint, narrative voice and more
shows how a wide variety of published writers have approached the short story genre, in order to deepen the insights you gain from your own work
gets you writing, with a series of original, sometimes challenging but always rewarding exercises, which can be tackled alone or adapted for use in a group
includes activities at the end of each chapter.

Ailsa Cox draws on her experience as a writer to provide essential information on drafting and editing, as well as a rich Resources section, which lists print and online journals that accept the work of new writers. Whether you¿re writing as part of a course, in a workshop group or at home alone, this book will equip and inspire you to write better short stories, and make you a more skilled, enthusiastic and motivated writer of short stories.

L'auteur - Ailsa Cox

Ailsa Cox is a published short-story writer and currently teaches Creative Writing at Edge Hill College in the United Kingdom.

Sommaire

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Spinning a yarn
Capturing the moment
Humour
The fantastic
What if?
Reality
Love, sex and shaping a story
Resources
Bibliography
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	Ailsa Cox
Parution	28/09/2005
Nb. de pages	198
Format	12,5 x 19,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	232g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415303873
ISBN13	978-0-415-30387-3