From the Mine: A Primer in the Craft of Fiction Writing

So many books on writing are about unlocking your creative spirit. This is not that book.This is a book for editors, for critics, for narrative craftsmen. It's a book meant to give you the tools and knowledge to look at your fiction critically and make it stronger in the next draft. Because if your ideas are like ore in a mine, and writing is like mining those ideas, then you still need to do something with the raw materials that come from the mine of your creativity. They need to be polished, processed, arranged, and sold. This book was written to help you do all of that. From the Mine offers a crash course in fiction writing concepts for new and future authors looking for something more than the basics, especially where revision and craft are concerned. Over the course of six chapters, the book presents concepts from authors, critics, and scholars to give writers a broad sense of all the different aspects of a narrative that can be artfully crafted. From the Mine offers a wide variety of specialized terms and practical advice for writers so they can a sense of what, in a fictional work, can be crafted (and what it means to craft a narrative).Topics covered include:Narrative Arcs, Fictional Structure, and the Components of Plots and StoriesCharacter Development, Characterization, and DialogueOrganizing and Shifting in TimePOV, Focalization, and Representing a Narrator's ThoughtsAccounting for Genre Tropes and the Narrative ContractImagery, Image Patterning, Developing Themes, and Creating SubtextThe last two chapters deal briefly with the daily aspects of fiction writing, including how to draft, revise, and publish in a variety of media and formats, such as short stories and novels, whether traditionally or electronically.This is a book for anyone looking for a no-fluff, straight-to-the-point introduction to fiction writing, with references to books and stories available online and guided exercises for honing one's craft. Every serious, aspiring writer can learn something from this book

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