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A Writer's Guide to Fiction: A Concise, Practical Guide for Novelists and Short-Story Writers Paperback - 2004
by Elizabeth Lyon
The second book in the Writer's Compass series from professional writing instructor Elizabeth Lyon offers both aspiring and established authors the fundamentals of writing and selling a great novel or short story. In addition to the basics of characterization, plot, pacing, and theme, A Writer's Guide to Fiction also features a plan for revising fiction, a guide to marketing, samples of cover and query letters, and methods of honing the writing craft.
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The second book in the Writer's Compass series from professional writing instructor Elizabeth Lyon offers both aspiring and established authors the fundamentals of writing and selling a great novel or short story. In addition to the basics of characterization, plot, pacing, and theme, A Writer's Guide to Fiction also features a plan for revising fiction, a guide to marketing, samples of cover and query letters, and methods of honing the writing craft.
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- Title A Writer's Guide to Fiction: A Concise, Practical Guide for Novelists and Short-Story Writers
- Author Elizabeth Lyon
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, New York, New York
- Date 2004-06-01
- Features Index
- ISBN 9780399528583 / 039952858X
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 7.96 x 5.16 x 0.7 in (20.22 x 13.11 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Fiction - Authorship, Creative writing
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005295370
- Dewey Decimal Code 808.3
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- Library Journal, 09/01/2004, Page 165
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