LaPlante, Alice,  1958- <br/><br/>
Method and madness :  the making of a story / 
Alice LaPlante. 
 - New York :  W.W. Norton & Company,  2009 c2007 
 - xix, 619 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Rev. ed. of: The making of a story. 2007. 
<br/><br/>"A guide to writing fiction"(cover) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 595-601) and index. 
<br/><br/>What is this thing called creative writing? -- The gift of not knowing -- Details, details -- The short story -- Why you need to show and tell -- Who's telling this story? -- How reliable is this narrator? -- He said, she said -- What happens next? -- Recognizable people -- Raising the curtain -- What's this story really about? -- Learning to fail better -- Getting published -- Anthology of stories. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780393928174 (pbk.) 0393928179 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008015539 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)<br/>Inglés --Retórica--Estudio y enseñanza<br/>Creative writing (Higher education)<br/>Escritura creativa--Educación superior<br/>English language--Style--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Inglés --Estilo--Manuales
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE 1408  / L314m 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808/.042