Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips and Techniques

Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips and Techniques « Series from 2014

Series from 2014

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Writing great fiction isn't a gift reserved for a talented few - the craft of storytelling can be learned.

Even if you don't dream of penning the next Moby-Dick, you'll enjoy exploring the elements of fiction. A wealth of exercises will get you writing so that you can practice the many techniques you learn.

From evoking a scene to charting a plot, get a master class in storytelling.

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Starting the Writing Process

Building Fictional Worlds through Evocation

How Characters Are Different from People

Fictional Characters, Imagined and Observed

Call Me Ishmael - Introducing a Character

Characters - Round and Flat, Major and Minor

The Mechanics of Writing Dialogue

Integrating Dialogue into a Narrative

And Then - Turning a Story into a Plot

Plotting with the Freytag Pyramid

Adding Complexity to Plots

Structuring a Narrative without a Plot

In the Beginning - How to Start a Plot

Happily Ever After - How to End a Plot

Seeing through Other Eyes - Point of View

I, Me, Mine - First-Person Point of View

He, She, It - Third-Person Point of View

Evoking Setting and Place in Fiction

Pacing in Scenes and Narratives

Building Scenes

Should I Write in Drafts?

Revision without Tears

Approaches to Researching Fiction

Making a Life as a Fiction Writer