Writing Short Stories : A Writers' and Artists' Companion - Courttia Newland

Writing Short Stories

A Writers' and Artists' Companion

By: Courttia Newland, Tania Hershman, Carole Angier (Editor)

Paperback | 18 December 2014 | Edition Number 1

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Writing Short Stories: A Writers' and Artists' Companionis an essential guide to writing short fiction successfully.

PART 1 explores the nature and history of the form, personal reflections by the editors, and help getting started with ideas, planning and research.

PART 2 includes tips by leading short story writers, including: Alison Moore, Jane Rogers, Edith Pearlman, David Vann, Anthony Doerr, Vanessa Gebbie, Alexander MacLeod, Adam Thorpe and Elspeth Sandys.

PART 3 contains practical advice - from shaping plots and exploring your characters to beating writers' block, rewriting and publishing your stories.
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Hershman and Courttia Newland explore the craft (even that word is challenged) through their own experiences of writing and reading short stories. In place of rules, they offer advice.
Times Literary Supplement

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