Creative Writing
Writing Fiction by Janet Burroway
Janet Burroway’s best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades it has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn the craft.
Janet Burroway’s best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and for more than three decades it has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn the craft.
Ten of the Best Books on Writing | Reading Room | Faber Academy
She said that sometimes she uses a formula when writing a short story, which goes ABDCE, for Action, Background, Development, Climax, and Ending. You begin with action that is compelling enough to draw us in, make us want to know more. Background is where you let us see and know who these people are, how they’ve come to be together, what was going
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Don’t forget fiction. Using a zettelkasten to capture ideas conveyed through fiction is done in the same way you would any other work. But, fiction also makes it possible to engage with ideas in novel ways. Keep an eye out for character behaviors and traits, narrative arcs, scenes, and settings, all of which can be mined for insights.
Bob Doto • A System for Writing
Le 8 regole di Neil Gaiman per scrivere narrativa
Nel febbraio del 2010 The Guardian ha intervistato 4 celebrati autori contemporanei domandando quali fossero i loro dieci comandamenti della scrittura.
Write
Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.
Finish what you’re writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.
Put it