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Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Short Stories

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Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Short StoriesThis guide to writing compelling, memorable short stories gives you all the essentials without wasted words. It tells you how and where to get ideas, how to establish and sustain excitement, how to create live, colorful characters, and how to plot, develop and bring home your story. It even includes exercises to help you perfect your story telling skills. Full of tips and techniques that work, it makes an indispensable, reliable collaborator. You'll

This guide to writing compelling, memorable short stories gives you all the essentials without wasted words. It tells you how and where to get ideas, how to establish and sustain excitement, how to create live, colorful characters, and how to plot, develop and bring home your story. It even includes exercises to help you perfect your story-telling skills. Full of tips and techniques that work, it makes an indispensable, reliable collaborator. You'll find it ideal whether you're studying alone or supplementing a creative or fiction writing course, conference or workshop.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 10/22/1998
ISBN: 9780070390775
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.41h x 5.47w x 0.45d
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