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Writing Short Stories: A Writers' and Artists' Companion is an essential guide to writing short fiction successfully.
PART 1 explores the nature and history of the form, personal reflections by the editors, and help getting started with ideas, planning and research.
PART 2 includes tips by leading short story writers, including: Alison Moore, Jane Rogers, Edith Pearlman, David Vann, Anthony Doerr, Vanessa Gebbie, Alexander MacLeod, Adam Thorpe and Elspeth Sandys.
PART 3 contains practical advice - from shaping plots and exploring your characters to beating writers' block, rewriting and publishing your stories.
Synopsis
teach at the world famous Arvon Foundation writing course and have distilled the essence of their course into this practical handbook with contributions from leading writers.
Synopsis
The Writers' & Artists' Book of Short Stories is an essential guide to writing short fiction successfully.
Part 1 explores the nature and history of the genre and helps you get started with ideas, planning and research.
Part 2 includes tips by leading short story writers, including: Helen Simpson , Colette Paul, Ali Smith, A L Kennedy, Shelley Weiner, Rukhsana Ahmed, Georgina Hammick, Elena Lappin, Lynne Bryan, Sue Gee, Jean McNeil and more.
Part 3 contains practical advice - from shaping plots and exploring your characters to beating writers' block, rewriting and publishing your stories.
About the Author
Jane Rogers is among our most gifted novelists, short story writers and dramatists. She has written six novels and one book of short stories and was recently shortlisted for the National Short Story Award. She is Professor of Writing at Sheffield Hallam University and a Mentor for the Gold Dust Mentoring Scheme for new writers. She has tutored at Arvon, and has taught creative writing for many years. She has also edited an anthology of new writing and written a reference guide to fiction. She is a former Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.