Beginnings, middles & ends
By: Nancy Kress
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Elements of fiction writing
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cincinnati, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9781599632193
Subjects: Fiction; Openings (Rhetoric); Technique; Closure (Rhetoric); Creative writing
Other titles: Beginnings, middles and ends
Description: Kress shows you effective solutions for potential problems at each stage of your story-- essential lessons for strong start-to-finish storytelling.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings. The very beginning : your opening scene ; The later beginning : your second scene ; Help for beginnings : early revision; title: Middles. The middle : staying on track ; Under development : your characters at midstory ; Help for middles : getting unstuck; title: Endings. Satisfying endings : delivering on the promise ; The very end : last scene, last paragraph, last sentence ; Help for endings : the last hurrah; title: Q&A with Nancy Kress.