Method and madness : the making of a story /
LaPlante, Alice, 1958-
Method and madness : the making of a story / Alice LaPlante. - New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2009 c2007 - xix, 619 pages ; 24 cm.
Rev. ed. of: The making of a story. 2007.
"A guide to writing fiction"(cover)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 595-601) and index.
What is this thing called creative writing? -- The gift of not knowing -- Details, details -- The short story -- Why you need to show and tell -- Who's telling this story? -- How reliable is this narrator? -- He said, she said -- What happens next? -- Recognizable people -- Raising the curtain -- What's this story really about? -- Learning to fail better -- Getting published -- Anthology of stories.
9780393928174 (pbk.) 0393928179 (pbk.)
2008015539
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)
Inglés --Retórica--Estudio y enseñanza
Creative writing (Higher education)
Escritura creativa--Educación superior
English language--Style--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Inglés --Estilo--Manuales
PE 1408 / L314m 2009
808/.042
Method and madness : the making of a story / Alice LaPlante. - New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2009 c2007 - xix, 619 pages ; 24 cm.
Rev. ed. of: The making of a story. 2007.
"A guide to writing fiction"(cover)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 595-601) and index.
What is this thing called creative writing? -- The gift of not knowing -- Details, details -- The short story -- Why you need to show and tell -- Who's telling this story? -- How reliable is this narrator? -- He said, she said -- What happens next? -- Recognizable people -- Raising the curtain -- What's this story really about? -- Learning to fail better -- Getting published -- Anthology of stories.
9780393928174 (pbk.) 0393928179 (pbk.)
2008015539
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)
Inglés --Retórica--Estudio y enseñanza
Creative writing (Higher education)
Escritura creativa--Educación superior
English language--Style--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Inglés --Estilo--Manuales
PE 1408 / L314m 2009
808/.042