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Gotham Writers' Workshop Alexander Steele

Gotham Writers' Workshop Writing Fiction

The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School

Gotham Writers' Workshop, Alexander Steele, Alexander Steele

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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
01 August 2003

Language: reference & general; Creative writing & creative writing guides; Writing & editing guides; Writing skills

"Gotham Writers' Workshop has mastered the art of teaching the craft of writing in a way that is practical, accessible, and entertaining. Now the techniques of this renowned school are available in this book.

Here you'll find: - The fundamental elements of fiction craft-character, plot, point of view, etc.-explained clearly and completely - Key concepts illustrated with passages from great works of fiction - The complete text of ""Cathedral"" by Raymond Carver-a masterpiece of contemporary short fiction that is analyzed throughout the book - Exercises that let you immediately apply what you learn to your own writing

Written by Gotham Writers' Workshop expert instructors and edited by Dean of Faculty Alexander Steele, Writing Fiction offers the same methods and exercises that have earned the school international acclaim.

Once you've read-and written-your way through this book, you'll have a command of craft that will enable you to turn your ideas into effective short stories and novels.

You will be a writer.

Gotham Writers' Workshop is America's leading private creative writing school, offering classes in New York City and on the web at WritingClasses.com. The school's interactive online classes, selected ""Best of the Web"" by Forbes, have attracted thousands of aspiring writers from across the United States and more than sixty countries."

By: Gotham Writers' Workshop
Edited by: Alexander Steele, Alexander Steele
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9781582343303
ISBN 10: 1582343306
Pages: 291
Publication Date: 01 August 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gotham Writers' Workshop is America's leading private creative writing school, offering classes in New York City and on the web at WritingClasses.com. The school's interactive online classes, selected Best of the Web by Forbes, have attracted thousands of aspiring writers from across the United States and more than sixty countries.<br>

Reviews for Gotham Writers' Workshop Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School

Here is an honest, engaging guide with lessons every writer, at any stage, will benefit from. I read it just after I'd finished writing my second book. Now I'm inspired to begin a third. Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies Here is an honest, engaging guide with lessons every writer, at any stage, will benefit from. I read it just after I'd finished writing my second book. Now I'm inspired to begin a third. --Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies