TY - BOOK AU - Bernays,Anne Fleischman AU - Painter,Pamela TI - What if?: writing exercises for fiction writers SN - 9780205616886 AV - PE 1413 B524w 2010 U1 - 808.3 PY - 2010/// CY - Boston PB - Longman KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Fiction KW - Technique KW - Authorship KW - Textbooks KW - Inglés KW - Retórica KW - Problemas, ejercicios, etc KW - Ficción KW - Técnicas KW - Autoria de ficción N1 - "College edition"; Includes bibliographical references and index; Beginnings Characterization Point of view, perspective, distance Dialogue The interior landscape of your characters Plot The elements of style A writer's toolbox Invention and a bit of inspiration Revision: rewriting is writing Sudden, flash, micro, nano: writing the short story Learning from the greats Notebooks, journals, and memory A collection of short short stories A collection of short stories N2 - Organized by the elements of fiction and comprised primarily of writing exercises, this text helps students hone and refine their craft with a practical, hands-on approach to writing fiction ER -