By Sol Stein
Every year millions of fiction writers, from newbies to bestselling writer, make the most of Sol Stein's sold-out workshops, featured appearances at writers' meetings, software program for writers, online columns, and his renowned first publication for writers, Stein on Writing. Stein practices what he teaches: he's the writer of 9 novels, together with the million-copy bestseller The Magician, in addition to editor of such significant writers as James Baldwin, Jack Higgins, Elia Kazan, Budd Schulberg, W. H. Auden, and Jacques Barzun, and the instructor and editor of a number of present bestselling authors. What units Stein aside is his sensible process. He presents particular recommendations that pace writers to winning publication.How to develop a singular isn't just a publication, yet a useful workshop in print. It contains info and examples from Stein's editorial paintings with a number one bestselling novelist in addition to proficient novices. Stein takes the reader behind the curtain within the improvement of memorable characters and interesting plots. The bankruptcy on discussion overflows with ideas for short-story writers, novelists, screenwriters, and playwrights. Stein indicates what readers are having a look for-- and what they avoid-- within the event of studying fiction. The publication bargains guidelines-- and warnings-- of precise price for nonfiction writers who are looking to flow into fiction. Stein issues to the little, usually missed issues that harm the writer's authority with out the author realizing it. And this ebook, like no different writing ebook, takes the reader backstage of the publishing company because it impacts writers of each point of expertise, revealing the demanding truths which are stored at the back of close doorways.
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None of that seems important. What was it that you, as a reader, wanted to know} That is what's important. If the first-person narrator is not what we call "a nice person," what redeeming feature does he have? What is at stake for the narrator? Do you care? If you've answered for yourself, compare your answers with mine. We don't necessarily have to agree. What we're trying to determine is why so many readers were attracted.
When in 1927 the rains came to the Mississippi basin without letup, the rampaging river battered the levees. The levees broke, and the river engulfed a huge portion of the surrounding states, destroying lives and property. What sustains the 26 experience of reading about that disaster is the conflict between two strong-willed engineers. It was nature against man, nonfiction and not invented, yet what holds the reader to the page is the personalized professional conflict between two influential men, each a fanatic in his belief in what would save the population from harm.
An obsessively strict critic would point to the mix of ages in the narrator's perception as a flaw. But strict adherence to rules can set limits to the imagination. Wally Lamb tried the mix, and it worked for millions of readers who were fascinated and decided to let this unusual form of storytelling into their lives. In the case of She's Come Undone, the surprise (Eisenhower and Nixon as the deliverymen) and the mixed child-adult perception may have intrigued the reader first. The engine of the story starts in the third paragraph, when we learn that the TV set was a gift from Mrs.