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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-101440348375

ISBN-139781440348372

eBay Product ID (ePID)219529971

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEmotional Craft of Fiction : How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

SubjectAuthorship, Composition & Creative Writing

Publication Year2016

TypeTextbook

AuthorDonald Maass

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight7.4 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.4 in

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LCCN2017-296638

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SynopsisThe essential guide to evoking emotional experiences in your readers Writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plotting versus pantsing, but none would argue this- If you want to write strong fiction, you must make your readers feel. Veteran literary agent and expert fiction instructor Donald Maass shows you how to use story to provoke a visceral and emotional experience in readers. You'll learn- . emotional modes of writing . beyond showing versus telling . your story's emotional world . moral stakes . connecting the inner and outer journeys . plot as emotional opportunities . invoking higher emotions, symbols, and emotional language . cascading change . story as emotional mirror . positive spirit and magnanimous writing . the hidden current that makes stories move Readers can simply read a novel...or they can experience it. The Emotional Craft of Fiction shows you how to make that happen., While writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plotting versus pantsing, none would argue this: If you want to write strong fiction, you must make your readers feel., Engage Your Readers with Emotion While writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plotting versus pantsing, none would argue this: If you want to write strong fiction, you must make your readers feel. The reader's experience must be an emotional journey of its own, one as involving as your characters' struggles, discoveries, and triumphs are for you. That's where The Emotional Craft of Fiction comes in. Veteran literary agent and expert fiction instructor Donald Maass shows you how to use story to provoke a visceral and emotional experience in readers. Topics covered include: emotional modes of writing beyond showing versus telling your story's emotional world moral stakes connecting the inner and outer journeys plot as emotional opportunities invoking higher emotions, symbols, and emotional language cascading change story as emotional mirror positive spirit and magnanimous writing the hidden current that makes stories move Readers can simply read a novel...or they can experience it. The Emotional Craft of Fiction shows you how to make that happen., Engage Your Readers with Emotion While writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plotting versus pantsing, none would argue this: If you want to write strong fiction, you must make your readers feel. The reader's experience must be an emotional journey of its own, one as involving as your characters' struggles, discoveries, and triumphs are for you. That's where The Emotional Craft of Fiction comes in. Veteran literary agent and expert fiction instructor Donald Maass shows you how to use story to provoke a visceral and emotional experience in readers. Topics covered include: - emotional modes of writing - beyond showing versus telling - your story's emotional world - moral stakes - connecting the inner and outer journeys - plot as emotional opportunities - invoking higher emotions, symbols, and emotional language - cascading change - story as emotional mirror - positive spirit and magnanimous writing - the hidden current that makes stories move Readers can simply read a novel...or they can experience it. The Emotional Craft of Fiction shows you how to make that happen.

LC Classification NumberPN3355