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Take Your Characters to Dinner: Creating the Illusion of Reality in Fiction: A Creative Writing Course
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense. In Mark Twain's time, as in ours, we accept reality as plausible. In writing, however, readers must be coaxed into accepting plots and characters as real. "Take Your Characters to Dinner: Creating the Illusion of Reality in Fiction" shows writers exactly how to do that. The book ...more
Paperback, 215 pages
Published
May 30th 2000
by University Press of America
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I used this book in the University Extension course the author teaches. Overall this was a great, encouraging experience. The book served very well as a text. This wouldn't be the best choice for a first writing book. The basic information is there, but briefly stated, making it better as refresher-course material. You might say, if this were a painting, it would be impressionist.
This is as warm and friendly a writing book as you could find, making it fun to read and follow. It...more
This is as warm and friendly a writing book as you could find, making it fun to read and follow. It...more
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