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1Six promenades dans les bois du roman et d'ailleurs

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“Six promenades dans les bois du roman et d'ailleurs” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  Six promenades dans les bois du roman et d'ailleurs
  • Author:
  • Languages: fre - English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 160
  • Publisher: ➤  Symposium - Bompiani - HarvardUniversity Press - Grasset - Harvard University Press - LGF - Destino CAT
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  Sankt-Peterburg - Milano - Milan - Cambridge, Mass

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  • First Year Published: 1994
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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2A passion for narrative

a guide for writing fiction

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“A passion for narrative” Metadata:

  • Title: A passion for narrative
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 298
  • Publisher: ➤  St. Martin's Press - McClelland & Stewart - McCelland & Stewart
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Toronto - New York

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  • First Year Published: 1993
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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3Characters and viewpoint

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“Characters and viewpoint” Metadata:

  • Title: Characters and viewpoint
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 182
  • Publisher: ➤  Writer's Digest Books - Robinson
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: London - Cincinnati, Ohio

“Characters and viewpoint” Subjects and Themes:

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First Setence:

"THE CHARACTERS IN YOUR FICTION are people."

Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1988
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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4Self-editing for fiction writers

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“Self-editing for fiction writers” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  Self-editing for fiction writers
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 226
  • Publisher: ➤  HarperCollins Publishers - HarperPerennial - Harper Resource
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York, NY - New York

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  • First Year Published: 1993
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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5The art of fiction

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“The art of fiction” Metadata:

  • Title: The art of fiction
  • Author:
  • Languages: English - chi
  • Number of Pages: Median: 240
  • Publisher: ➤  Secker & Warburg - Penguin - Penguin (Non-Classics) - Viking - Mu ma wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: ➤  New York - Taibei Xian Xindian Shi - London ; New York - London

“The art of fiction” Subjects and Themes:

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First Setence:

"Even Thetis, dipping her mortal boy In Styx, dreaming of armoring him Against both worlds, gripping her joy In fatal fingers, allowed the dim Danger of her handhold on his heel."

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  • First Year Published: 1992
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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6Graphic Novels

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“Graphic Novels” Metadata:

  • Title: Graphic Novels
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 192
  • Publisher: ➤  Tandem Library - Aurum Press - Collins Design
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York, NY

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  • First Year Published: 2005
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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7The Writer's Chapbook

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“The Writer's Chapbook” Metadata:

  • Title: The Writer's Chapbook
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 419
  • Publisher: Penguin Books - Modern Library
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York, USA

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1991
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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8The Cambridge introduction to narrative

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“The Cambridge introduction to narrative” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  The Cambridge introduction to narrative
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 261
  • Publisher: ➤  Cambridge University Press - University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: ➤  Cambridge, UK - New York, NY, USA - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2008

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 2002
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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9Writing science fiction and fantasy

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“Writing science fiction and fantasy” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  Writing science fiction and fantasy
  • Authors: ➤  
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 264
  • Publisher: ➤  St. Martin's Press - St. Martin's Griffin
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York

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  • First Year Published: 1991
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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10Dialogue

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“Dialogue” Metadata:

  • Title: Dialogue
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 118
  • Publisher: ➤  Robinson - Writer's Digest Books
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: ➤  Cincinnati - Cincinnati, Ohio - London

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  • First Year Published: 1989
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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11You write it

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“You write it” Metadata:

  • Title: You write it
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Publisher: ➤  ABDO - ABDO Publishing Company - ABDO Pub. Co.
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Edina, Minn

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 2009
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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12How to write horror fiction

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“How to write horror fiction” Metadata:

  • Title: How to write horror fiction
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 143
  • Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1990
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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13Writing dialogue

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“Writing dialogue” Metadata:

  • Title: Writing dialogue
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 170
  • Publisher: Story Press
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

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  • First Year Published: 1998
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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14The Worlds of Childhood (The Writer's Craft)

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“The Worlds of Childhood (The Writer's Craft)” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  The Worlds of Childhood (The Writer's Craft)
  • Authors: ➤  
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 213
  • Publisher: ➤  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Mariner Books - Houghton Mifflin
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Boston

“The Worlds of Childhood (The Writer's Craft)” Subjects and Themes:

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First Setence:

"NO KIND of writing lodges itself so deeply in our memory, reverberating there for the rest of our lives, as the books that we met in our childhood, and when we grow up and read them to our own children they are the oldest of old friends."

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  • First Year Published: 1989
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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15Writing in general and the short story in particular

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“Writing in general and the short story in particular” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  Writing in general and the short story in particular
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 196
  • Publisher: ➤  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers - Bantam Books - Houghton Mifflin
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Boston

“Writing in general and the short story in particular” Subjects and Themes:

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First Setence:

"This book implies that some techniques of fiction tend to have absolute effects, and tries to explain what they are."

Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1977
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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16Writing to sell

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“Writing to sell” Metadata:

  • Title: Writing to sell
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 230
  • Publisher: ➤  Writer's Digest Books - Harper & Row - Harper
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: Cincinnati, Ohio - New York

“Writing to sell” Subjects and Themes:

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1950
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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17The writer's mentor

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“The writer's mentor” Metadata:

  • Title: The writer's mentor
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 273
  • Publisher: ➤  Distributed by Publishers Group West - Conari Press - Red Wheel/Weiser
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: [Emeryville, CA - Berkeley, CA

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 2002
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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18Jane Austen's novels

a study in structure.

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“Jane Austen's novels” Metadata:

  • Title: Jane Austen's novels
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 210
  • Publisher: ➤  Penguin Books in association with Chatto & Windus - oxford university press - Penguin - Chatto and Windus - Oxford University Press - Chatto & Windus
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  London - Harmondsworth - New York

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1953
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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19Plot

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“Plot” Metadata:

  • Title: Plot
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 170
  • Publisher: ➤  Writer's Digest Books - Robinson
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Cincinnati, Ohio - London

“Plot” Subjects and Themes:

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1988
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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20Creative writing

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“Creative writing” Metadata:

  • Title: Creative writing
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 256
  • Publisher: ➤  Laidlaw - National Textbook Co.
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Lincolnwood, Ill., USA

“Creative writing” Subjects and Themes:

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1977
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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21Screenplay

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“Screenplay” Metadata:

  • Title: Screenplay
  • Author:
  • Languages: chi - English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 246
  • Publisher: ➤  Delta - MJF Books - Dell Pub. Co. - Yuan liu chu ban shi ye gu fen you xian gong si - Dell - Dell Pub. Co - Delacorte Pr - Delacorte Press
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  New York - New York, N.Y - Taibei Shi

“Screenplay” Subjects and Themes:

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First Setence:

"What is a screenplay?"

Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1979
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Printdisabled

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    22Writing Fiction

    A Guide to Narrative Craft

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    “Writing Fiction” Metadata:

    • Title: Writing Fiction
    • Authors:
    • Language: English
    • Number of Pages: Median: 397
    • Publisher: ➤  Little, Brown - The University of Chicago Press - HarperCollinsPublishers - Harpercollins College Div - HarperCollins - University of Chicago Press - Longman Publishing Group - Scott, Foresman and Co. - Longman Higher Education - Watson-Guptill Pubns - Pearson Longman - Addison-Wesley Pub (Sd) - Pearson Education, Limited - Longman
    • Publish Date: ➤  
    • Publish Location: ➤  Boston - New York, NY - Glenview, Ill - New York City, N.Y - New York

    “Writing Fiction” Subjects and Themes:

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    Access and General Info:

    • First Year Published: 1982
    • Is Full Text Available: Yes
    • Is The Book Public: No
    • Access Status: Printdisabled

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      23What if?

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      “What if?” Metadata:

      • Title: What if?
      • Authors:
      • Language: English
      • Number of Pages: Median: 256
      • Publisher: ➤  Quill - HarperCollins Publishers - Addison Wesley Publishing Company - Longman - Longman Publishing Group - HarperPerennial - Pearson Longman - Harper - Collins - Alexander Verlag Berlin - HarperCollins College Publishers
      • Publish Date: ➤  
      • Publish Location: New York, NY - New York

      “What if?” Subjects and Themes:

      Edition Identifiers:

      First Setence:

      "NEW WRITERS OFTEN FIND BEGINNINGS DIFFICULT-WHETHER they're starting a story or a novel-because they take the word "beginning" too literally."

      Access and General Info:

      • First Year Published: 1990
      • Is Full Text Available: Yes
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: Printdisabled

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        24Steering the Craft

        Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew

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        “Steering the Craft” Metadata:

        • Title: Steering the Craft
        • Author:
        • Language: English
        • Number of Pages: Median: 173
        • Publisher: ➤  Tandem Library - The Eighth Mountain Press - Mariner Books - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company - Eighth Mountain Press
        • Publish Date:
        • Publish Location: Portland, Or

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        Access and General Info:

        • First Year Published: 1998
        • Is Full Text Available: No
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: No_ebook

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        25L'art du Roman

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        “L'art du Roman” Metadata:

        • Title: L'art du Roman
        • Author:
        • Languages: ➤  Spanish; Castilian - español, castellano - dut - English
        • Number of Pages: Median: 165
        • Publisher: ➤  Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated - Faber & Faber, Limited - HarperPerennial - Gallimard-Jeunesse - Vuelta - Československý spisovatel - Tusquets Editores S.A. - Grove Press - Harper & Row - Perennial Classics - FISCHER Taschenbuch - TusQuets - Tusquets - Perennial Library - Ambo - Faber - Can Yayınları - Faber & Faber - Gallimard - Faber and Faber
        • Publish Date: ➤  
        • Publish Location: ➤  Praha, Československý spisovatel - New York - Praha - México, D.F - [Paris] - New York, NY - London - Baarn, The Netherlands

        “L'art du Roman” Subjects and Themes:

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        Access and General Info:

        • First Year Published: 1960
        • Is Full Text Available: Yes
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: Printdisabled

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          26Metafiction

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          “Metafiction” Metadata:

          • Title: Metafiction
          • Author:
          • Language: English
          • Number of Pages: Median: 181
          • Publisher: ➤  Routledge - Methuen - Taylor & Francis Group
          • Publish Date: ➤  
          • Publish Location: London - New York

          “Metafiction” Subjects and Themes:

          Edition Identifiers:

          Access and General Info:

          • First Year Published: 1984
          • Is Full Text Available: Yes
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: Printdisabled

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            27Story genius

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            “Story genius” Metadata:

            • Title: Story genius
            • Author:
            • Language: English
            • Number of Pages: Median: 280
            • Publish Date:

            “Story genius” Subjects and Themes:

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            Access and General Info:

            • First Year Published: 2016
            • Is Full Text Available: Yes
            • Is The Book Public: No
            • Access Status: Printdisabled

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              28Fiction Writer's Workshop

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              “Fiction Writer's Workshop” Metadata:

              • Title: Fiction Writer's Workshop
              • Author:
              • Language: English
              • Number of Pages: Median: 250
              • Publisher: ➤  Writer's Digest Books - Story Press - Writers Digest Books
              • Publish Date:
              • Publish Location: ➤  Cincinnati, OH - Cincinnati, Ohio

              “Fiction Writer's Workshop” Subjects and Themes:

              Edition Identifiers:

              First Setence:

              "To be a good writer, you must have the paradoxical trait of being a gregarious loner."

              Access and General Info:

              • First Year Published: 1995
              • Is Full Text Available: Yes
              • Is The Book Public: No
              • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                29If you want to write

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                “If you want to write” Metadata:

                • Title: If you want to write
                • Author:
                • Language: English
                • Number of Pages: Median: 174
                • Publisher: ➤  Graywolf Press - Martino Fine Books - Brand: BN Publishing - Sublime Books - Blurb - Start Publishing LLC - General Press - BN Publishing
                • Publish Date: ➤  
                • Publish Location: Floyd, VA - St. Paul

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                Access and General Info:

                • First Year Published: 1987
                • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                • Is The Book Public: No
                • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                  30Narrative Discourse

                  An Essay in Method

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                  “Narrative Discourse” Metadata:

                  • Title: Narrative Discourse
                  • Author:
                  • Languages: English - und
                  • Number of Pages: Median: 285
                  • Publisher: ➤  Cornell University Press - WILEYBLACKWELL - Blackwell Publishers - Cornell Univ Press - Blackwell - Basil Blackwell
                  • Publish Date:
                  • Publish Location: ➤  Ithaca, N.Y - New York - Oxford - Ithaca, USA

                  “Narrative Discourse” Subjects and Themes:

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                  Access and General Info:

                  • First Year Published: 1979
                  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                  • Is The Book Public: No
                  • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                    31How to Write a Damn Good Novel

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                    • Title: How to Write a Damn Good Novel
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                    • Languages: ger - English
                    • Number of Pages: Median: 188
                    • Publisher: ➤  Emons - St. Martin's Press - Macmillan
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                    • Publish Location: ➤  London - Köln, Germany - New York City, USA

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                    • First Year Published: 1987
                    • Is Full Text Available: Yes
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                      32Writing the Breakout Novel

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                      • Title: Writing the Breakout Novel
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                      • Language: English
                      • Number of Pages: Median: 260
                      • Publisher: ➤  Writer's Digest Books - Writing Digest Books
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                      First Setence:

                      "When you are a first-time novelist, the world looks bright and promising, does it not?"

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                      • First Year Published: 2001
                      • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                      • Is The Book Public: No
                      • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                        33Reading for the plot

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                        • Title: Reading for the plot
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                        • Language: English
                        • Number of Pages: Median: 363
                        • Publisher: ➤  Vintage Books - Clarendon - A.A. Knopf - Harvard University Press
                        • Publish Date:
                        • Publish Location: ➤  Cambridge, Mass - New York - Oxford

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                        • First Year Published: 1984
                        • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                        • Is The Book Public: No
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                          34Writing the blockbuster novel

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                          • Title: Writing the blockbuster novel
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                          • Language: English
                          • Number of Pages: Median: 218
                          • Publisher: ➤  Writer's Digest Books - Warner - Writers House
                          • Publish Date:
                          • Publish Location: Cincinnati, Ohio - London

                          “Writing the blockbuster novel” Subjects and Themes:

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                          Access and General Info:

                          • First Year Published: 1994
                          • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                          • Is The Book Public: No
                          • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                            35The weekend novelist

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                            • Title: The weekend novelist
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                            • Language: English
                            • Number of Pages: Median: 267
                            • Publisher: ➤  Billboard Books - Dell - Dell Pub.
                            • Publish Date:
                            • Publish Location: New York

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                            • First Year Published: 1994
                            • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                            • Is The Book Public: No
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                              36The naive and the sentimental novelist

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                              • Title: ➤  The naive and the sentimental novelist
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                              • Language: English
                              • Number of Pages: Median: 198
                              • Publisher: ➤  GALLIMARD - Faber - Vintage - Harvard University Press - Faber & Faber, Limited - Literatura Random House - Random House - Mondadori
                              • Publish Date:
                              • Publish Location: ➤  London - Madrid, Spain - Cambridge, Mass - New York

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                              • First Year Published: 2010
                              • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                              • Is The Book Public: No
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                                37Making Shapely Fiction

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                                • Title: Making Shapely Fiction
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                                • Language: English
                                • Number of Pages: Median: 288
                                • Publisher: ➤  W. W. Norton & Company - Dell Pub. - Norton - Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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                                • Publish Location: New York

                                “Making Shapely Fiction” Subjects and Themes:

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                                First Setence:

                                "A shape invites you to fill it."

                                Access and General Info:

                                • First Year Published: 1991
                                • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                                • Is The Book Public: No
                                • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                                  38The joy of writing sex

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                                  • Title: The joy of writing sex
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                                  • Language: English
                                  • Number of Pages: Median: 229
                                  • Publisher: ➤  Holt & Company, Henry - Souvenir Press - Story Press - Holt - Owl Books
                                  • Publish Date:
                                  • Publish Location: New York - Cincinnati, Ohio

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                                  • First Year Published: 1996
                                  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                                  • Is The Book Public: No
                                  • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                                    39This Year You Write Your Novel

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                                    • Title: This Year You Write Your Novel
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                                    • Language: English
                                    • Number of Pages: Median: 112
                                    • Publisher: ➤  Hachette Book Group and Blackstone Audio - Little, Brown and Company - Little Brown and Company
                                    • Publish Date:
                                    • Publish Location: New York

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                                    • First Year Published: 2007
                                    • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                                    • Is The Book Public: No
                                    • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                                      40Creating unforgettable characters

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                                      • Title: ➤  Creating unforgettable characters
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                                      • Language: English
                                      • Number of Pages: Median: 239
                                      • Publisher: ➤  Holt & Company, Henry - H. Holt
                                      • Publish Date:
                                      • Publish Location: New York

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                                      • First Year Published: 1990
                                      • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                                      • Is The Book Public: No
                                      • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                                        41How fiction works

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                                        • Title: How fiction works
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                                        • Language: English
                                        • Number of Pages: Median: 265
                                        • Publisher: ➤  Picador - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
                                        • Publish Date:
                                        • Publish Location: New York, USA - New York

                                        “How fiction works” Subjects and Themes:

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                                        Access and General Info:

                                        • First Year Published: 2008
                                        • Is Full Text Available: No
                                        • Is The Book Public: No
                                        • Access Status: No_ebook

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                                          42Ernest Hemingway on writing

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                                          • Title: Ernest Hemingway on writing
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                                          • Language: English
                                          • Number of Pages: Median: 140
                                          • Publisher: ➤  Granada - Simon & Schuster - Grafton Books - Scribner
                                          • Publish Date:
                                          • Publish Location: London - New York

                                          “Ernest Hemingway on writing” Subjects and Themes:

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                                          Access and General Info:

                                          • First Year Published: 1984
                                          • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                                          • Is The Book Public: No
                                          • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                                            43Dialogue

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                                            • Title: Dialogue
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                                            • Language: English
                                            • Number of Pages: Median: 336
                                            • Publisher: Twelve
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                                            Access and General Info:

                                            • First Year Published: 2016
                                            • Is Full Text Available: No
                                            • Is The Book Public: No
                                            • Access Status: No_ebook

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                                              44The art of fiction

                                              Notes on Craft for Young Writers

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                                              • Title: The art of fiction
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                                              • Is Full Text Available: No
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                                              45On the art of writing

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                                              • Title: On the art of writing
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                                              • Language: English
                                              • Number of Pages: Median: 223
                                              • Publisher: ➤  G. P. Putnam's sons - Dodo Press - Capricorn Books - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform - Putnam - CUP - Franklin Classics - British Publishers Guild - Nasionale Boekhandel - Dover Publications, Incorporated - G.P. Putnam's Sons; [etc., etc.] - University Press - Creative Media Partners, LLC - Published for the British Publishers Guild by the Cambridge University Press - The University Press - Cambridge University Press for the British Publishers Guild - Cambridge U. P - Independently Published - IndyPublish.com - Perigee - IndyPublish - G. P. Putnam's Sons - E.P. Putnam's Sons - Cambridge University Press - Fowey Rare Books - Dover Publications - Home Farm Books - Standard Ebooks - University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations - BiblioBazaar - Lulu Press, Inc. - Folcroft Library Editions
                                              • Publish Date: ➤  
                                              • Publish Location: ➤  Mineola, NY - New York - Cambridge [England] - London - Cambridge - Folcroft, Pa - Liverpool

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                                              • First Year Published: 1916
                                              • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                                              • Is The Book Public: Yes
                                              • Access Status: Public

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                                              46The craft of fiction

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                                              • Title: The craft of fiction
                                              • Authors:
                                              • Language: English
                                              • Number of Pages: Median: 276
                                              • Publisher: ➤  Cape - Scribner - The Viking Press - Franklin Classics Trade Press - Franklin Classics - P. Smith - Jonthan Cape - Pomona Press - Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group) - Creative Media Partners, LLC - Viking Press - Jonathan Cape - Independently Published - J. Cape and H. Smith - IndyPublish - C. Scribner's Sons - Barnes & Noble, Incorporated - J. Cape - BiblioBazaar - Lulu Press, Inc. - Penguin Publishing Group
                                              • Publish Date: ➤  
                                              • Publish Location: ➤  London - New York - New York, NY - (s.l.)

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                                              • First Year Published: 1921
                                              • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                                              • Is The Book Public: Yes
                                              • Access Status: Public

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                                              47Three Genres

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                                              “Three Genres” Metadata:

                                              • Title: Three Genres
                                              • Author:
                                              • Language: English
                                              • Number of Pages: Median: 420
                                              • Publisher: ➤  Prentice Hall College Div - Prentice Hall PTR - Prentice Hall - Pearson Education Canada - Prentice-Hall - Pearson Education, Limited
                                              • Publish Date: ➤  
                                              • Publish Location: ➤  Englewood Cliffs, N.J - Upper Saddle River, N.J - Engelwood Cliffs, NJ

                                              “Three Genres” Subjects and Themes:

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                                              • First Year Published: 1965
                                              • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                                              • Is The Book Public: Yes
                                              • Access Status: Public

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                                              48The Craft of Fiction

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                                              • Title: The Craft of Fiction
                                              • Author:
                                              • Language: English
                                              • Number of Pages: Median: 198
                                              • Publisher: ➤  CreateSpace - Peter Smith - Nabu Press - The Viking Press - Brand: FQ Classics - Tutis Digital Publishing Pvt. Ltd. - CharlesScribner's Sons - FQ Classics - J. Cape and H. Smith - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform - the viking press inc. - Viking Press - Independently Published - General Books LLC
                                              • Publish Date: ➤  

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                                              • First Year Published: 1921
                                              • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                                              • Is The Book Public: Yes
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                                              49The writing of fiction

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                                              • Title: The writing of fiction
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                                              • Language: English
                                              • Number of Pages: Median: 178
                                              • Publisher: ➤  Simon & Schuster - Charles Scribner's Sons - C. Scribner's Sons - C. Scribner's sons - Octagon - Octagon Press - Classic Publishers - Octagon Books
                                              • Publish Date:
                                              • Publish Location: London - New YOrk - New York

                                              “The writing of fiction” Subjects and Themes:

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                                              Access and General Info:

                                              • First Year Published: 1925
                                              • Is Full Text Available: Yes
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                                              • Access Status: Public

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                                                50The development of the English novel

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                                                • Title: ➤  The development of the English novel
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                                                • Language: English
                                                • Number of Pages: Median: 329
                                                • Publisher: ➤  Macmillan & co., ltd. - The Macmillan Company - The Macmillan company - Atlantic Publishers and Distributors - Macmillan & Co., ltd. - Macmillan - The Macmillan Co. - Macmillan & Co., Ltd. - Greenwood Press
                                                • Publish Date: ➤  
                                                • Publish Location: London - New York

                                                “The development of the English novel” Subjects and Themes:

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                                                • First Year Published: 1899
                                                • Is Full Text Available: Yes
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                                                  List of narrative techniques

                                                  A narrative technique (also, in fiction, a fictional device) is any of several storytelling methods the creator of a story uses, thus effectively relaying

                                                  Reset button technique

                                                  The reset button technique (based on the idea of status quo ante) is a plot device for interrupting continuity in works of fiction. The reset button device

                                                  Science fiction on television

                                                  of gravity, momentum, and physical reality, it is an ideal technique for science fiction and fantasy on television. In a sense, virtually all animated

                                                  Fiction

                                                  Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary or in ways that are imaginary.

                                                  Pulp Fiction

                                                  narrative technique as "postmodern tricksiness". Calling the film a "terminally hip postmodern collage", Foster Hirsch finds Pulp Fiction far from a

                                                  Science fiction

                                                  Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is the genre of speculative fiction that imagines advanced and futuristic scientific progress

                                                  Cut-up technique

                                                  The cut-up technique (or découpé in French) is an aleatory narrative technique in which a written text is cut up and rearranged to create a new text.

                                                  Nonlinear narrative

                                                  story inside the main plot-line. The technique is common in electronic literature, and particularly in hypertext fiction, and is also well-established in

                                                  Postmodern literature

                                                  notion of doing exactly that. Temporal distortion is a common technique in modernist fiction: fragmentation and nonlinear narratives are central features

                                                  Exposition (narrative)

                                                  technique of explaining through example. But this was relatively subtle, compared to Kipling's science fiction stories, where he used the technique much


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