title: Capturing the Magic of Fiction Writing
author:  Jack Creed 
description: In Capturing The Magic Of Fiction Writing introduces the reader to a careful examination of prose fiction, its genres and categories. Classifications including plotting, setting, characterization, and patterns are defined and explained. Supportive elements and techniques are discussed including style, development of flashbacks, dialogues, and much more. Symbols, symbolic plants, and symbolic references (lightly treated in most literary research publishing) are discussed using original passages and excerpts drawn from published sources. Relationships, descriptions, and dialogue are all offered in addition to atmosphere, conflict, and theme. Capturing The Magic Of Fiction Writing was developed to provide a practical guide for aspiring writers to ease the transition from analyzing the basic story to discovering and applying the essential tools of the writer's craft. Technical language is made simpler by repeated references to prose fiction elements and techniques so that the readers are able to grasp the relationships between writing terms and techniques, thus encouraging them to apply these skills to their own writing. -- <i>Midwest Book Review</i><br /><br />This book will take you on an enjoyable, clearly-marked pathway to effective fiction writing that is enriched throughout with excellent examples from great writers and great writing. . .[there is] great clarity with which the author provides the down-to-earth advice, [and] realistic guidelines for you to follow in becoming a knowledgeable and conscious artist. Those examples alone make this book worthwhile. . . -- <i>Dr. Tom Parks, Associate Professor of Education and Director, Office of Extension and Public Relations, Clemson University</i><br /><br />This book will take you on an enjoyable, clearly-marked pathway to effective fiction writing that is enriched throughout. -- <i>Dr. Tom Parks, Clemson University</i>
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