Writing fiction / R. V. (Ronald Verlin) Cassilli

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, c1975Description: xvi, 174 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 139701117
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN 3355 .C3 1975
Summary: Contents: Section One: The mechanics of fiction. 1. Reading as a writer -- 2. Choosing a subject -- 3. Description, narrative passages, scenes, and dialogue -- 4. Finger exercises -- 5. Notebooks and lists. Section two: The stories. In the central blue / R. V. Cassill -- Taking care / Joy Williams -- The lady with the pet dog / Anton Chekhov -- Us he devours / James B. Hall -- Murphy's Xmas / Mark Costello -- The best of everything / Richard Yates. Section Three: The concepts of fiction. 6. Unity -- 7. Plot as unity -- 8. Character -- 9. Tone -- 10. Theme.
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Contents: Section One: The mechanics of fiction. 1. Reading as a writer -- 2. Choosing a subject -- 3. Description, narrative passages, scenes, and dialogue -- 4. Finger exercises -- 5. Notebooks and lists. Section two: The stories. In the central blue / R. V. Cassill -- Taking care / Joy Williams -- The lady with the pet dog / Anton Chekhov -- Us he devours / James B. Hall -- Murphy's Xmas / Mark Costello -- The best of everything / Richard Yates. Section Three: The concepts of fiction. 6. Unity -- 7. Plot as unity -- 8. Character -- 9. Tone -- 10. Theme.

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