Hardcover, 282 pages
English language
Published July 22, 2008 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
How Fiction Works
by James Wood
4 stars
(2 reviews)
An elegant little book by famed critic and New Yorker writer, James Woods, exploring the art of writing fiction, and writing well. Written for any lover of the novel - writers, teachers, readers - it delves into the mechanics, art and mystery that is good writing, the history of the craft and its evolution, with examples culled from Woods' personal library of favourites & a few duds.
Subjects
- General
- Language Arts & Disciplines / General
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
- Language