What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers Paperback - 1991
by Anne Bernays
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NEW WRITERS OFTEN FIND BEGINNINGS DIFFICULT-WHETHER they're starting a story or a novel-because they take the word "beginning" too literally.
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What If? is the first handbook for writers based on the idea that specific exercises are one of the most useful and provocative methods for mastering the art of writing fiction. With more than twenty-five years of experience teaching creative writing between them, Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter offer more than seventy-five exercises for both beginners and more experienced writers. These exercises are designed to develop and refine two basic skills: writing like a writer and, just as important, thinking like a writer. They deal with such topics as discovering where to start and end a story; learning when to use dialogue and when to use indirect discourse; transforming real events into fiction; and finding language that both sings and communicates precisely. What If? will be an essential addition to every writer's library, a welcome and much-used companion, a book that gracefully borrows a whisper from the muse.
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- Title What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
- Author Anne Bernays
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Date 1991-11-20
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780062720061 / 0062720066
- Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 9.18 x 6.24 x 0.74 in (23.32 x 15.85 x 1.88 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects English language - Rhetoric, Creative writing
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 89046518
- Dewey Decimal Code 808.3
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