Fiction-- the art and the craft
Subtitle: how fiction is written and how to write it
By: Colin Bulman
Publisher: Compass Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Winchester, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781782794356
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Fiction; Authorship; Technique; Creative writing
Description: Fiction - The Art and the Craft is a highly practical exposition of all the major elements of fiction - such as plot, conflict, suspense, the hook, inference, character and dialogue - and how these elements are combined to make a compelling story.--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: What is fiction?; title: Plot; title: The inciting incident; title: The simple plot; title: Inference; title: Life plots; title: Plot structure and originality; title: Plot details; title: Interlude: story and plot; title: The starting point; title: Character; title: Conflict; title: The nature of conflict in fiction; title: Surprise and suspense; title: Dialogue; title: Setting; title: Narrative method and point of view; title: Theme, symbolism and motif; title: Opening gambits; title: Time; title: Twists and endings; title: Theories about plot and further plot ideas; title: Analysis of two short stories; title: Flash fiction and short shorts; title: Genres of fiction; title: Prose fiction; title: Punctuation of dialogue; title: What writers say.