About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews

by Samuel R. Delany

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Essential reading for the creative writer.

Award-winning novelist Samuel R. Delany has written a book for creative writers to place alongside E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Lajos Egri's Art of Dramatic Writing. Taking up specifics (When do flashbacks work, and when should you avoid them? How do you make characters both vivid and sympathetic?) and generalities (How are novels structured? How do writers establish serious literary...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0819567167

ISBN13:9780819567161

Release Date:January 2006

Publisher:Wesleyan University Press

Length:432 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

American Literature Classics Creative Writing & Composition Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

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