Three genres : the writing of literary prose, poems, and plays /
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Boston :
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Table of Contents:
- PART I: TELLING A STORY: LITERARY NONFICTION/FICTION: Literary nonfiction: an overview
- True experience : " Killing Chickens / by Meredith Hall
- Nonfiction in a reflective mood: "unwired" / by Hilary Masters
- Impressions of a real place : "On Leaving Florida" / by Marjorie Sandor
- "Westbury Court" / by Edwidge Danticat
- Creating your own literary nonfiction
- Fiction: the freedom to invent
- Finding and shaping fresh material
- "Escapes" : a story / by Ann Hood
- Viewpoint: who's seeing this?
- "Rwanda" : a story / by Stephen Minot
- The making of a story / by Stephen Minot
- Structure: from scenes to plot
- "A Simple Matter of Hunger" : a story / by Sharon Oard Warner
- Creating tension
- Setting: where am I?
- "Obst Vw" : a story / by Sharon Solwitz
- Dialogue: the illusion of speech
- Characterization : creating credible people
- Liberating the imagination
- Three flashes of fiction : "The Bank Robbery" : a story / by Steven Scotsman
- "Stockings" : a story / by Tim O'Brien
- "Girl" : a story / by Jamaica Kincaid
- Heightened meaning: metaphor, symbol, and theme
- "Gotta dance" : a story / by Jackson Jodie Daviss
- Style and tone
- Five ways to open up a story
- Troubleshooting guide: fiction
- PART II: THE WRITING OF POETRY: What makes a poem a poem?
- Plunging in: a selection of poems
- Sources: where poems come from
- The impact of images
- Using the sound of language
- Traditional rhythms
- Stanzas: a choice of fixed forms
- Free verse: creating unique forms
- A sense of order
- Varieties of tone
- Finding the form : a revision narrative with exercises
- Poems for self-study-- Troubleshooting guide: poetry
- PART III: THE WRITING OF DRAMA: Drama: a live performance
- Hello Out There: a play / by William Saroyan
- The dramatic plot
- Reckoning: a play / by Tony Padilla
- Conflict: generating emotional impact
- Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda: a play / by Glenn Alterman
- The nonrealistic play
- Dramatic characterization
- Visual impact
- The voices of comedy
- Dramatic themes
- Troubleshooting guide: drama
- APPENDICES: A: Submitting work for publication
- B: Resources for writers.