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Thrill me : essays on fiction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Percy, Benjamin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Fiction > Authorship.
Fiction > Technique.
Creative writing.
Fiction > History and criticism.
Fiction.
Essays.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Thrill me
  • Urgency
  • Set pieces: staging the iconic scene
  • There will be blood: writing violence
  • Making the extraordinary ordinary
  • Designing suspense
  • Don't look back
  • Modulation: the art of reversal
  • Sounds like writing
  • Move mountains: activating setting
  • Feckless pondering
  • Get a job
  • Consider the orange: meaningful repetition
  • Home improvement: revision as renovation
  • Go the distance.