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Curious Attractions: Essays on Fiction Writing

by Debra Spark
Curious Attractions: Essays on Fiction Writing - Thryft
Curious Attractions: Essays on Fiction Writing - Thryft

Craft-focused essays for aspiring and accomplished writers.

This book would be a good read for aspiring and accomplished writers who are seeking guidance and insights into the craft of fiction writing. Debra Spark skillfully delves into important questions, such as finding inspiration, creating resonant closing lines, and conveying emotion in fiction. With lively discussions flavored with personal reflections and commentary on world events, Curious Attractions offers valuable insights that will inspire and guide writers on their creative journey.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Curious Attractions: Essays on Fiction Writing

by Debra Spark
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ISBN: 9780472068975
Authors: Debra Spark
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Date of Publication: 2005-05-20
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.08
(rated by 48 readers)

Description

Curious Essays on Fiction Writing is a book about what makes fiction work. In nine entertaining and instructive essays, novelist and master teacher Debra Spark pursues key questions that face both aspiring and accomplished writers, How does a writer find inspiration? What makes a story's closing line resonate? How can a writer "get" style? Where should an author "stand" in relation to his or her characters?While the book will have immediate appeal for students of writing, it will also be of interest to general readers for its in-depth reading of contemporary fiction and for its take on important issues of the Should writers try to be more uplifting? How is emotion best conveyed in fiction? Why are serious writers in North America wedded to the realist tradition?When she was only twenty-three, Debra Spark's best-selling anthology 20 Under 30 introduced readers to some of today's best writers, including David Leavitt, Susan Minot, Lorrie Moore, Ann Patchett, and Mona Simpson. Almost twenty years later, Spark brings this same keen critical eye to Curious Attractions, discussing a broad range of authors from multiple genres and generations.A collection of essays in the belles-lettres tradition, Curious Attractions offers lively and instructive discussions of craft flavored with autobiographical reflections and commentary on world events. Throughout, Spark's voice is warm, articulate, and engaging as it provides valuable insights to readers and writers alike.
 

Craft-focused essays for aspiring and accomplished writers.

This book would be a good read for aspiring and accomplished writers who are seeking guidance and insights into the craft of fiction writing. Debra Spark skillfully delves into important questions, such as finding inspiration, creating resonant closing lines, and conveying emotion in fiction. With lively discussions flavored with personal reflections and commentary on world events, Curious Attractions offers valuable insights that will inspire and guide writers on their creative journey.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.