University Press of America
Pages: 104
Trim: 6 x 9¼
978-0-7618-5336-7 • Paperback • November 2010 • $40.99 • (£35.00)
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Stephanie Stiles is a professor of English at Dominican College in New York, where she chairs the department and directs the Creative Writing Program. Her prize-winning poetry, as well as her fiction and non-fiction, have appeared in various contemporary anthologies and journals; her first novel will be published next year. She received her doctorate in nineteenth-century British literature from New York University, and now lives with her husband, son, and baby daughter in northern New Jersey.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Focusing on Details
Chapter 6 Chapter 3: Constructing a Setting
Chapter 7 Chapter 4: Building Character
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Knowing Your Character
Chapter 9 Chapter 6 Creating Conflict
Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Speaking the Truth
Chapter 11 Chapter 8: Motivating the Agents
Chapter 12 Chapter 9: Finding your Point of View
Chapter 13 Chapter 10: Relying on the Unreliable
Chapter 14 Chapter 11: Taking the Time
Chapter 15 Chapter 12: Choosing the Words
Chapter 16 Chapter 13: Structuring Symbols
Chapter 17 Chapter 14: Making Meaning
Chapter 18 Chapter 15: Mastering Irony
Chapter 19 Chapter 16: Addressing Your Audience
Chapter 20 Chapter 17: Reviewing the Work
Chapter 21 Chapter 18: Revising Your Work
Chapter 22 Chapter 19: Polishing Your Manuscript
Chapter 23 Chapter 20: Being a Writer
Chapter 24 Epilogue
Chapter 25 Index