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"An honest, engaging guide with lessons every writer, at any stage, will benefit from." —Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize–winning authorGotham Writers' Workshop has mastered the art of teaching the craft of writing in a way that is practical, accessible, and entertaining. Now the techniques of this renowned school are available in this book.Writing Fiction includes:The fundamental elements of fiction craft—character, plot, point of view, etc.—explained clearly and completelyKey concepts illustrated with passages from great works of fictionThe complete text of "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver—a masterpiece of contemporary short fiction that is analyzed throughout the bookExercises that let you immediately apply what you learn to your own writingAnd much moreWritten by Gotham Writers' Workshop expert instructors and edited by Dean of Faculty Alexander Steele, Writing Fiction offers the same methods and exercises that have earned the school international acclaim.Once you've read—and written—your way through this book, you'll have a command of craft that will enable you to turn your ideas into effective short stories and novels.You will be a writer.
“Fiction can show you a different world. It can take you somewhere you've never been. Once you've visited other worlds, like those who ate fairy fruit, you can never be entirely content with the world that you grew up in.“
Neil Gaiman
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