Techniques of the Selling Writer
Edition: New edition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: May 1982
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780806111919
Subjects: Creative writing guides; Reference; Composition & Creative Writing - Fiction; General; Publishing; Authorship; Handbooks, manuals, etc
First sentence: You need to know only four things in order to write a solid story: how to group words into motivation-reaction units; how to group motivation-reaction units into scenes and sequels; how to group scenes and sequels into story pattern; how to create the kind of characters that give a story life.