Viewpoint and Narration
Tags: NARRATION (Rhetoric); FICTION -- Authorship
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- Why and How to Take the Fruit and Leave the Chaff. Spolsky, Ellen // Substance: A Review of Theory & Literary Criticism;2001, Vol. 30 Issue 1/2, p177
Investigates a way to understand not the disconnections, but the connections between the uses of differently weighted hypotheticals in order to make progress in the investigation of fictional narrative. Role of the term decoupling in fictional narrative; Discussion on the nature of narrative;...
- Synopsis. Kilpack, Josi S. // Writers' Journal;Sep/Oct2009, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p46
The article discusses the aspects to consider when writing a synopsis. A synopsis is condensed, narrative and concluding summary of a story. Every word counts in a synopsis as it becomes beneficial in regard to marketing, advertising, and cover design. In writing the synopsis, it is helpful to...
- On the Genesis of Wizja Lokalna (Eyewitness Account). Lem, Stanislaw // Science Fiction Studies;Nov86, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p382
The article discusses the author's effort in writing a tale that is both an allegory on terrestrial conditions and an attempt to describe how a liberal society may look. He had tried to tackle the subject matter of the story seven times. He has started writing the story from several directions...
- What short-story writers and novelists can teach each other. Breen, Susan // Writer;Dec2007, Vol. 120 Issue 12, p36
This article discusses various ways short-story writers and novelists can learn from each other's writing techniques. The author suggests delving into various facets of a character's personality. She also suggests writing about big topics in order to broaden the stories' focus. Other tips...
- Building Inspiration From Subject Plus Predicate to Story. Noggle, Brian J. // Writers' Journal;Jan/Feb2007, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p44
The article discusses the author's experience as a writer of short fiction. He presents the relevance of creating a story from simple construction of sentences through a subject-predicate presentation. He explains that a writer tries to envision the characteristics, the norms and the essential...
- For Beginners Only. Finn, Joyce // Writers' Journal;Sep/Oct2009, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p57
The article focuses on aspects to consider when using backstory in fiction writing. Backstory serves as a summation of history, motivation, or clarification of characters and events predating the current time of a narrative. It should not be used at the start of a piece, in the midst of an...
- May I Quote You? On Compiling a Book of Quotations. Morrow, Clark Elder // Vocabula Review;Feb2010, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p1
The author discusses the things he learned in compiling quotations from English literature. He states that good quotes are easier to find in nonfiction than in fiction literature. He notes that a good fiction is not sententious since the storyteller is concerned with the story and not its moral,...
- What short-story writers and novelists can teach each other. Breen, Susan // Writer (Kalmbach Publishing Co.);Dec2007, Vol. 120 Issue 12, p36
This article discusses various ways short-story writers and novelists can learn from each other's writing techniques. The author suggests delving into various facets of a character's personality. She also suggests writing about big topics in order to broaden the stories' focus. Other tips...
- The Horror! The Horror! Banks, Suzy // Texas Monthly;Jan2007, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p90
The article discusses the author's experience at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers workshop. Fueled by great passion for writing novels, the author was excited at being registered for the fiction-writing workshop as out of 275 writers only 120 made the cut. The author shared warm relation...
