Fiction Writer's Workshop by Josip Novakovich

Fiction Writer's Workshop by Josip Novakovich

Master the Elements of the Writing Workshop

The great paradox of the writing life is that to be a good writer, you must be both interested in the world around you and comfortable working in solitude for hours on end. Fiction Writer's Workshop, Second Edition, is designed to help you foster a strong sense of independence--of being and thinking on your own, of becoming self-evaluative without being self-critical--in order to accomplish what others seek in classroom groups.

In this comprehensive guide, award-winning writer and teacher Josip Novakovich, explores every aspect of the art of fiction and provides all the tools and techniques you'll need to develop day-to-day discipline as well as a personal writing style, such as-

.More than 100 writing exercises, including dozens that are new to this edition, that challenge you to experiment with diverse writing styles
.Specific statements of purpose for each exercise, to help guide you and instruct you at every step of the creative process
.Self-critique questions to help you assess your work and identify strengths and weaknesses before moving on to the next lesson
.The full text of eight acclaimed short stories, with analysis and exercises, to provide models for your own writing and help reinforce the lessons you've learned


The practical, insightful methods offered in this workshop will clarify your voice, broaden your perspective, and strengthen your fiction.

Novakovich, Josip: - Josip Novakovich is a Croatian-American writer who resides in Canada. His work has been translated into Croatian, Bulgarian, Indonesian, Russian, Japanese, Italian, and French, among other languages. He was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize in 2013 and also received the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, the Whiting Writer's Award, and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship for Fiction, as well as a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, Threepenny, Ploughshares, and many other journals, and has been anthologized in Best American Poetry, The Pushcart Prize, and O. Henry Prize Stories. He teaches English at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

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ISBN 13	9781582975368
ISBN 10	1582975361
Title	Fiction Writer's Workshop
Author	Josip Novakovich
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	F&W Publications Inc
Year published	2008-07-11
Number of pages	368
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