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Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft
by Janet Burroway, Elizabeth Stuckey-French
from Longman

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• writing fiction
  Everything was fine except the book was slightly thinner and wider than the one in my school bookstore so I was a bit thrown off. I compared inside and they seem identical. Also, the print is no smaller.
  The most interesting text book I've read though.

• Excellent Resource
  I took a writing class several years ago and this was required reading. I found it to be a great resource. It is very simply organized and well written. The author gives some excellent examples that become quite memorable.
  After college, I had misplaced my book. I loved it so much that I ordered another copy from Amazon.
  If you want just the basics on creative writing, this would be a great book to start.
  

• stop being a snob
  These authors seem to think that, just because they've never read strongly written genre fiction, it should never be written or read; she implicitly indicates that the two are, in fact, mutually exclusive. The appendix of this book says it all, "It may be fine to offer readers an escape through fiction, but it isn't a way to educate yourself as a writer, and it's also fair to say that escape does not represent the goal of a liberal education, which is to pursue, inquire, seek, and extend knowledge of... more info

• The Best Writing Craft Book I Own!!!!!!!!
  I definitely recommend this book. It has helped me so much in my writing. She breaks things down thoroughly, gives great examples and the exercises are very helpful. Want to be a writer? Buy this book!

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