On writing short stories
By: Francine Prose ... [et al.] ; edited by Tom Bailey.
Contributors: Prose, Francine, 1947-; Bailey, Tom, 1961-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Short story -- Authorship.; Short story -- Technique.
Description: "On Writing Short Stories is a unique collection of original essays by seven professional writers. It is the only text of its kind to offer writing advice from such authors, editors, and instructors as Francine Prose, Joyce Carol Oates, Frank Conroy, Andre Dubus, Robert Coles, Tom Bailey, and C. Michael Curtis, with a foreword by Tobias Wolff. These experts give voice - voices - to a dialogue about the art and craft of writing short stories." "Ideal for courses and workshops in creative writing, On Writing Short Stories also includes an engaging selection of eighteen short stories, both classic and contemporary, for discussion and analysis."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Part One; title: On Writing Short Stories; title: - What makes a short story?; title: - Reading as a Writer: The Artist as Craftsman; title: - Character, Plot, Setting and Time, Metaphor and Voice; title: - The Writer's Workshop; title: - The Habit of Writing; title: - Why Write? Taking on the World; title: - Publishers and Publishing; title: Part Two; title: Short Stories (various authors)