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Title: What If? : Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers by Anne Bernays, Pamela Painter ISBN: 0-321-10717-9 Publisher: Pearson Longman Pub. Date: December, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $32.20 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.61 (33 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Two very enthusiastic thumbs up!
Comment: I teach creative writing in the UCLA Writer's Program (online) and always recommend this book to my students as one of the two best books (along with Janet Burroway's "Writing Fiction") on the craft of writing ever penned. I have used the information in this book time and again in writing my own novels and stories ("The Death of Tarpons" (novel), "Monday's Meal" (story collection), "Over Easy" (thriller forthcoming from Random House, 1999). A more intelligent book than this has yet to be written. If you aspire to create memorable, quality prose, you must buy this book! It will aid you throughout your writing career in thousands of ways. Five stars is not enough to award this book, which I'm sure is destined to become a classic if it is not already considered so.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic book for teaching students how to write creatively
Comment: Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter's "What If?," a collection of writing exercises for fiction writers provides excellent exercises that can be used in the classroom, especially with high school students. Such exercises help students free their creative minds thereby making them better expository writers. Such exercises as "journey of the long sentence" and "practice writing good, clean prose" have been especially useful in teaching students how to be clear, concise writers. It has been difficult finding another fiction writing exercise book that equals this one
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book for a college class
Comment: I teach short fiction writing at a college in Michigan. I've used the first edition of this book for four semesters, and I just had a chance to peruse the second edition. Great stuff! The exercises in this book teach the elements of story writing, but they do it in an interesting and interactive way. Students will learn about Starting in the Middle, Strong Dialogue, Conflict, Endings, Titles, Naming Characters, the Internal Life of Characters, and much more. I use the text in an introductory course, so I don't get to all of the exercises. Some cover more advanced issues than others, but this book is helpful to almost any level of fiction writer. I am a writer too, and every time I use the book with my students, my own stories get a little stronger. If you're a fiction teacher, try this book. If you're a writer looking to advance your skills, this book could also be a big help. You'll find stuff that goes beyond the routine fiction-writing advice.
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Title: Writing Fiction (6th Edition) by Janet Burroway, Susan Weinberg ISBN: 0321117956 Publisher: Pearson Longman Pub. Date: 10 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $56.00 |
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Title: Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande, John Gardner ISBN: 0874771641 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: March, 1981 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Story Starters by Lou W. Stanek ISBN: 0380795523 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.50 |
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Title: Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg ISBN: 0877733759 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 12 October, 1986 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne, Dave King ISBN: 0062720465 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: March, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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