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Book Overview If you have the passion and energy to write fiction, but have trouble finding an idea and getting started, this is the perfect book for y...

If you have the passion and energy to write fiction, but have trouble finding an idea and getting started, this is the perfect book for you. Lou Willett Stanek has helped scores of new authors in her acclaimed writing workshops--and now she shows you how to look and listen, how to find stories and begin shaping them like a writer.

Here's how to find inspiration from neighbors and strangers, reshape classic tales, cull current events and use other tricks of the writing trade so effectively you'll soon find yourself brimming with ideas, your imagination revved to its full potential. Begin with a snippet of overheard conversation, an unexpected event, a simple character trait, a place, a problem--Ms. Stanek teaches you to get past "what really happened" and reinvent reality in ways that will astound and delight you, and hold a reader's attention.

Here too are hundreds of "what-ifs," simple situations you can guide to endlessly different conclusions--and use to learn new ways to fashion plot, describe character, develop conflict, paint with language, create a setting, employ flashbacks, build suspense, and much, much more. For every writer who could use a jump-start, from novice to pro, here is a book that will help you keep the faith and. . .

Thousands of stories are just waiting to be told--by you. Get started!

Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 192 | Language: English | Publisher: QUILL BOOKS | ISBN: 0380795523
FormatPaperback
Pages192
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0380795523
EAN9780380795529
PublisherQUILL BOOKS
Publication Date1970-01-01
EditionIllustrated
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.37 Pounds
Length8.1 Inches
Width5.27 Inches
Height0.55 Inches
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