The Writer's Digest handbook of short story writing /
edited by Jean M. Fredette.
- Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, 1988-
- 2 volumes ; 24 cm
At head of title: The Writer's Digest. Includes index Vol. 2 has title: Writer's digest handbook of short story writing. v.1 edited by Frank A. Dickson and Sandra Smythe.
Vol. [1] edited by Frank A. Dickson and Sandra Smythe. Preface: The nature of short fiction; or the nature of my short fiction / Joyce Carol Oates -- Of course you can / Muriel Anderson -- Five ways to stay creative / Jean Z. Owen -- Are writers made or born? / William Peden -- Are writers born? / Harry Golden -- An interview with Berry Morgan / Carlton Cremeens -- How to get story ideas / Thomas H. Uzzell -- Brainstorming by yourself / Dennis Whitcomb -- Bringing your characters to life / Pearl Hogrefe -- The new mallarkey / Peg Bracken -- Empathy creates living characters in fiction / Brian Cleeve -- The value of a wart / Clayton Barbeau -- Creating a lovable character / James Hilton -- The use of dialogue / Bonnie Golightly -- Collaborators anonymous / Robert Portune -- Keep it brief and blend it in / Don James -- Writing with description / Ruth Engelken -- Making the scene / F.A. Rockwell -- Scene-test your story / Fred Grove -- Plot: its place in today's fiction / R.V. Cassill --Developing a short story from a premise / Dennis Whitcomb -- So wrong to tell the truth / John D. Fitzgerald -- Stories without plots / Marilyn Granbeck -- Dramatizing conflict in the short story / Robert C. Meredith and John D. Fitzgerald -- Mistreat your characters / Pauline Bloom -- How to choose the right viewpoint for your short story / Louise Boggess -- How to use the flashback in fiction / Susan Thaler -- What you should know about using the flashback in fiction / Mariana Prieto -- Transitions / Robert C. Meredith and John D. Fitzgerald -- Five suggestions for writing transitions / Val Thiessen -- In the beginning / Jack Webb -- The story's middle / Katherine Greer -- How not to fizzle the finale / F.A. Rockwell -- The twist ending / Dennis Whitcomb -- Is slant a dirty work? / Charles Turner -- Checklist for unsalable stories / Allan W. Eckert -- Forbidden subjects: not what they used to be / Merrill Joan Gerber -- The short story from a purely personal view / Hallie Burnett -- Slick fiction and quality fiction / Rust Hills -- A writer never quits / Fred Shaw -- From boy to writer in one night / John Howard Griffin -- To market, to market / Natalie Hagen -- v. 2 edited by Jean M. Fredette.
Book Description: Some of the best advice available on how to create character, use description, create a setting and plot a short story.