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Writing Fiction
by Janet Burroway
The standard creative-writing textbook: process, showing and telling, character, setting, story, point of view, with readings and exercises. Comprehensive.
Read it if…
you want a complete course in a book.
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Skip it if…
you want a quick read.
Try instead: On Becoming a Novelist →
Three things you will actually use
- Show and tell both have places.
- Character is action.
- Revise.
Do this first
Work through one chapter a week.
Our verdict
The fiction textbook.
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