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Writing Fiction: An Introduction to the Craft
Writing Fiction: An Introduction to the Craft
Writing Fiction: An Introduction to the Craft
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Writing Fiction: An Introduction to the Craft

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Useful for writers at any level or age, this guide explains the basic steps to effective fiction writing. From an award-winning author, sound, practical advice is included on the most significant elements of fiction, such as plot, character development, and voice, and strategies are provided for the effective use of tense and the dialogue. All forms of fiction are explored, including novels, novellas, short stories, and crime fiction. In addition, the writing concepts introduced are illustrated with examples from a wide variety of known writers, presenting a candid picture of the pleasure and pitfalls from a wide range of fiction-writing experiences.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAllen Unwin
Release dateApr 1, 2003
ISBN9781741151213
Writing Fiction: An Introduction to the Craft
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Garry Disher

Garry Disher is a genre-defining writer of Australian crime fiction, hailed as 'the gold standard for rural noir' by Chris Hammer, and as 'one of Australia's finest writers' by The Times. He has published fifty titles across multiple genres, and is known as Australia's King of Crime. He has won the German Crime Prize three times and the Ned Kelly Award twice. In 2018 he received the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award.

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