The Fredette, Jean M. editor Dickson, Frank A. editor Smythe, Sandra editora ohu Cincinnati, Ohio Writer's Digest Books 1988- eng 2 volumes ; 24 cm Book Description: Some of the best advice available on how to create character, use description, create a setting and plot a short story. Vol. [1] edited by Frank A. Dickson and Sandra Smythe. Preface: The nature of short fiction; or the nature of my short fiction / Joyce Carol Oates -- Of course you can / Muriel Anderson -- Five ways to stay creative / Jean Z. Owen -- Are writers made or born? / William Peden -- Are writers born? / Harry Golden -- An interview with Berry Morgan / Carlton Cremeens -- How to get story ideas / Thomas H. Uzzell -- Brainstorming by yourself / Dennis Whitcomb -- Bringing your characters to life / Pearl Hogrefe -- The new mallarkey / Peg Bracken -- Empathy creates living characters in fiction / Brian Cleeve -- The value of a wart / Clayton Barbeau -- Creating a lovable character / James Hilton -- The use of dialogue / Bonnie Golightly -- Collaborators anonymous / Robert Portune -- Keep it brief and blend it in / Don James -- Writing with description / Ruth Engelken -- Making the scene / F.A. Rockwell -- Scene-test your story / Fred Grove -- Plot: its place in today's fiction / R.V. Cassill --Developing a short story from a premise / Dennis Whitcomb -- So wrong to tell the truth / John D. Fitzgerald -- Stories without plots / Marilyn Granbeck -- Dramatizing conflict in the short story / Robert C. Meredith and John D. Fitzgerald -- Mistreat your characters / Pauline Bloom -- How to choose the right viewpoint for your short story / Louise Boggess -- How to use the flashback in fiction / Susan Thaler -- What you should know about using the flashback in fiction / Mariana Prieto -- Transitions / Robert C. Meredith and John D. Fitzgerald -- Five suggestions for writing transitions / Val Thiessen -- In the beginning / Jack Webb -- The story's middle / Katherine Greer -- How not to fizzle the finale / F.A. Rockwell -- The twist ending / Dennis Whitcomb -- Is slant a dirty work? / Charles Turner -- Checklist for unsalable stories / Allan W. Eckert -- Forbidden subjects: not what they used to be / Merrill Joan Gerber -- The short story from a purely personal view / Hallie Burnett -- Slick fiction and quality fiction / Rust Hills -- A writer never quits / Fred Shaw -- From boy to writer in one night / John Howard Griffin -- To market, to market / Natalie Hagen -- v. 2 edited by Jean M. Fredette. edited by Jean M. Fredette. At head of title: The Writer's Digest. Includes index Vol. 2 has title: Writer's digest handbook of short story writing. v.1 edited by Frank A. Dickson and Sandra Smythe. Autoría Novela corta Técnica Arte de escribir Cuentos PN 3373 W956 1988 808.31 0911654151 (v.1) 9780911654158 (v.1) 0898794633 (v.2) 9780898794632 (v.2) 280420 20230411090642.0 spa