Jerome Stern

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Jerome Stern


Born
New York, NY, The United States
Died
March 19, 1996

Genre
Fiction


Jerome Stern (1938 (?) - 1996) was the head of the Creative Writing program at Florida State University and taught writing workshops and classes on popular culture.

While at FSU he created the "World's Best Short Short Story Contest" and edited the book Micro Fiction: An Anthology of Fifty Really Short Stories. His other books include Making Shapely Fiction (1990), Florida Dreams (1993), and Radios: Short Takes on Life and Culture (1997). He wrote for the Tallahassee Democrat and his essays, which he called "Radios," were often heard on National Public Radio.

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Making Shapely Fiction
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Quotes by Jerome Stern

“If the atmosphere is to be foreboding, you must forebode on every page. If it is to be cold, you must chill, not once or twice, but until your readers are shivering.”
― Jerome Stern
tags: atmosphere, writing
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“Dialogue is not just quotation. It is grimaces, pauses, adjustments of blouse buttons, doodles on a napkin, and crossings of legs.”
― Jerome Stern, Making Shapely Fiction
tags: body-language, creative-process, dialogue, expression, gestures, language, writing
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“Dialogue is not just quotation. It is grimaces, pauses, adjustments of blouses, doodles on a napkin, and crossings of legs. When people communicate, they communicate with their faces, their bodies, their timing, and the objects around them. Make this a full conversation. Not just the words part.”
― Jerome Stern, Making Shapely Fiction
tags: dialogue, fiction, writing
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