WRITING FICTION (5th Ed.) A Guide to Narrative Craft by JANET BURROWAY - New

WILL YOU BECOME A FAMOUS AUTHOR?  MAYBEYOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE GOOD FICTION - A NOVEL OR A STORY that publishers will compete to get their hands on.  Of course you do or you would not be reading this.  We all would like that, those of us who love books.  Ultimately, what we have to do is sit down, ignore all distractions, boot up our computer or sharpen our pencil, and come to terms with the blank screen or paper in front of us.    This book can help to start the process - and maybe help to finish it too.Author Janet Burroway knows what she is writing about.  She has published eight novels (one nominated for a Pulitzer Prize), memoirs, short stories, plays, translations, children's tales - and this book which is widely used as a text-book in writing programs throughout the United States.  The copy offered here is the Fifth Edition.IT IS A PRACTICAL GUIDE WRITTEN IN AN INFORMAL WAY, rather like a friendly and understanding teacher leading you in class.   It addresses how writers should work through issues such as plot, style, characterization, dialogue, atmosphere and imagery in the quest for good stories.  And it includes features such as analyzing and discussing the works of leading writers.This is a quality paperback and it is brand new.  In a preface, the author notes that it is intended primarily for use in college-level writing workshops.  But at Mackie Books we believe it could also be very valuable in helping people become good readers.Publisher:  Longman         ISBN: 0-321-02689-6          Non-Fiction: Instruction and Education++ All books sold by Mackie Books are packaged in bubble-wrap to guard against damage during shipping.  One of our top priorities is careful packaging.  +  Click here to see other listings by Mackie Books on eBay, including fine leather-bound books from The Franklin Library and The Easton Press as well as cased collectible books from The Heritage Press and special editions from other leading publishers.+  We stock a number of Africana titles in our California inventory and plan to expand the collection shortly.+  We ship internationally through eBay's Global Shipping Program.+  The illustrations in our listings are from the actual book on sale and are not stock pictures.+  Our policy is to get books to you in the condition we describe in our listings.+  We believe that a house without books is just a house, not a home.+  Take care.  Guard your health.  Find time to read a book!