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Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular

Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular An Informal Textbook

Revised Edition

Paperback (01 Nov 1988)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A practical guide to the craft of short fiction explores such essential problems as motivation, character, plot, flashback, foreshadowing, and the techniques of suspense.

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Houghton Mifflin

We publish renowned and awarded novels, nonfiction, children's books and reference works for readers throughout the world. Our distinguished author list, from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Jonathan Safran Foer, and brands from Curious George to The Lord of the Rings, includes eight Nobel Prize winners, 48 Pulitzer Prize winners, 13 National Book Award winners, and more than 100 Caldecott, Newbery, Printz and Sibert Medal and Honor recipients.

Book information

ISBN: 9780395442685
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin
Pub date:
Edition: Revised Edition
DEWEY: 808.31
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 197
Weight: 550g
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 16mm