- Hardcover: 215 pages
- Publisher: Writer's Digest Books,U.S. (Mar 1982)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0898790425
- ISBN-13: 978-0898790429
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.5 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,465,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"To those who hunger to be writers I commend this book without reservation."--Harlan Ellison
"What Knight doesn't know about writing the short story cannot be put into expository prose anyway."--Algis Budrys
"Knight is one of the preeminent teachers of writing in this country. [This book] should be considered essential for all beginning writers . . . not to mention a few others, who've forgotten the valuable information it contains."--Lucius Shepard, author of" The Jaguar Hunter"
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"What Knight doesn't know about writing the short story cannot be put into expository prose anyway."--Algis Budrys
"Knight is one of the preeminent teachers of writing in this country. [This book] should be considered essential for all beginning writers . . . not to mention a few others, who've forgotten the valuable information it contains."--Lucius Shepard, author of" The Jaguar Hunter"
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Distilled from decades of teaching and practice, this book offers clear and direct advice on structure, pacing, dialogue, getting ideas, working with the unconscious, and more. Newly revised and expanded for this Third Edition, "Creating Short Fiction" is a popular and widely trusted guide to writing short stories of originality, durability, and quality. Celebrated short-story author and writing instructor Knight also includes many examples and exercises that have been effective in classrooms and workshops everywhere.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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62 of 64 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've read a fair few books on writing fiction, but this one is probably the best. Dorothea Brande's "Becoming A Writer" tells you how to think like a writer; this book explains how to write like a writer.
I thought I knew the bones of writing technique already, but this book contains so many insights that I often felt it necessary to break off reading in order to consider fully what I'd just read - not because the writing is not clear and easy to read, but because the points the author makes are so momentous.
Many writing guides talk in generalities or talk down to the reader, but this one isn't like that. Just one word of warning - I think the best of the book is in the middle and end, so don't be too impatient when reading the introductory chapters.
42 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As an MFA student I've been looking at a lot of books about how to write fiction, and very few of them do anything other than encourage you to keep writing. This book teaches you how to write a short story, and encourages you to write a =better= short story (without imposing its own definition of "better"). It is the only "how-to" book in fiction that I have found that I can recommend, and I use it in my own teaching.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Damon Knight's Creating Short Fiction is rooted firmly in the world of commercial fiction and it contains a number of techniques and exercises that would help the beginning writer
I did have an immediate inclination to dismiss some of the exercises as disappointingly formulaic, particularly on the basis of the first part of the book which reads like a "you too can be a writer" advertisement. However, once section one is out of the way the book got better and better with some great sections - for example a line by line analysis of one of the author's own stories, where he shows what he was trying to achieve throughout the text which was fascinating, and a really good section on Point of View.
I did have an immediate inclination to dismiss some of the exercises as disappointingly formulaic, particularly on the basis of the first part of the book which reads like a "you too can be a writer" advertisement. However, once section one is out of the way the book got better and better with some great sections - for example a line by line analysis of one of the author's own stories, where he shows what he was trying to achieve throughout the text which was fascinating, and a really good section on Point of View.
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Studious students
Bought alongside 'The Road to Somewhere' - a great companion with tips and tricks to improve not only your writing but thought process' as well. A good read.
Published 4 months ago by Miss Z. V. Adams
Indispensable
A must have for writers of all kinds, whether short stories, novellas, or novels. If you are a writer then this book should be in your library.
Published 12 months ago by Mr. G. M. Buller
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