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Description and Setting by Ron Rozelle
Build a Believable WorldHow essential is setting to a story? How much description is too much? In what ways do details and setting tie into plot and character development? How can you use setting and description to add depth to your story?
You can find all the answers you need in Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting by author and instructor Ron Rozelle. This nuts-and-bolts guide - complete with practical exercises at the end of each chapter - gives you all the tips and techniques you need to:
* Establish a realistic sense of time and place
* Use description and setting to drive your story
* Craft effective description and setting for different genres
* Skillfully master showing vs. telling
With dozens of excerpts from some of today's most popular writers, Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting gives you all the information you need to create a sharp and believable world of people, places, events, and actions.
Ron Rozelle taught high school English for over twenty years before founding the creative writing program at St. Thomas High School in Houston. He currently teaches creative writing in the Brazosport School district. He is a sought-after speaker and teacher at writing conferences. Rozelle's previous publications include The Windows of Heaven, an historical novel set during the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, and his memoir, Into That Good Night, a finalist for the PEN American West Creative Nonfiction Prize and the Texas Institute of Letters Carr P. Collins Nonfiction Award. Recipient of Image magazine's Artistic Merit Award, Rozelle lives in Lake Jackson, Texas, with his wife, Karen, and their daughters.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781582973272 |
| ISBN 10 | 158297327X |
| Title | Description and Setting |
| Author | Ron Rozelle |
| Series | Write Great Fiction |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | F&W Publications Inc |
| Year published | 2005-03-15 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |