Story Logic and the Craft of Fiction

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Beschreibung

This book illuminates how technique serves 'story logic,' the particular way fiction makes meaning. Writers raid the cupboard of theory looking for what works, and generic rules don't account for the rich variety of strategies they employ. For writers who are past the beginner stage, Brady offers a closer look at craft fundamentals, including plot, characterization, patterns of imagery, and style. The lively, lucid discussion draws on vivid examples from classic and contemporary fiction, ranging from George Eliot and William Faulkner to Haruki Murakami and Toni Morrison. Because it supplies the analytical tools needed to read as a writer, this text will enrich the reader's approach to any work of fiction, energizing discussion in a workshop or craft course.

Über den Autor

Catherine Brady is the author of three story collections, including Curled in the Bed of Love, winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. A former president of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, she teaches in the MFA in Writing Program at the University of San Francisco, USA.

Zusammenfassung

For writers who are passed the beginner stage, Brady offers a closer look at the fundamentals of writing craft to inspire, challenge and guide more experienced writers

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Story Logic
The Elusiveness at the Heart of Story Structure
Chapter Structure and Shapeliness in the Novel
Three Key Strategies of Story Logic
Captured in Motion: Dynamic Characterization
Point of View Q& A
Synedoche and Metonymy in Setting, Staging and Dialogue
Patterns of Imagery
Showing and Telling
The Sentence as a Touchstone of Style
Exercises
Notes
Further Reading.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	208 S.
ISBN-13:	9780230580558
ISBN-10:	0230580556
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Brady, Catherine
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL Macmillan Education
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	216 x 140 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Catherine Brady
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.10.2010
Gewicht:	0,279 kg