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Barcode30293101830284
LocationClark County
Call No808.3 Frey
TitleHow to write a damn good novel, II : advanced techniques for dramatic storytelling / James N. Frey.
AuthorFrey, James N. author.
CollectionNF
Total Circ1
NumReserves0
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780312104788
International Standard Book Number 0312104782
Personal Name Frey, James N. author.
Title Statement How to write a damn good novel, II : advanced techniques for dramatic storytelling / James N. Frey.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.
Physical Description 161 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-153) and index.
Formatted Contents Note The fictive dream and how to induce it -- All about suspense or pass the mustard, I'm biting my nails -- Of wimps and wackos: creating truly memorable characters -- The "P" word (premise) revisited: Part one: the concept is explained and simplified -- The "P" word (premise) revisited: Part two: the novelist's magic wand -- On voice or the "who" who tells the tale -- The author/reader contract or don't promise a primrose and deliver a pickle -- The seven deadly mistakes -- Writing with passion.
Summary, Etc. More advanced techniques such as how to make characters not just dynamic but memorable, how to heighten the reader's sympathy and identification with characters, how to intensify suspense, how to avoid the fiction writer's seven deadly mistakes, and how to write with passion.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Fiction Technique.

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