Capturing the Magic of Fiction Writing

Capturing the Magic of Fiction Writing introduces the reader to a careful examination of prose fiction, its genres and categories. Classifications of novels including plotting, setting, characterization, and patterns are defined and explained. Creed analyzes supportive elements and techniques including style, development of flashbacks, dialogues, and much more. Symbols, symbolic plants, and symbolic references, skimmed over or ignored in most books, are introduced, discussed, and defined with original passages and excerpts drawn from published sources. Relationships, descriptions, and dialogue are all generously discussed in addition to characterizations, atmosphere, conflict, theme, plotting, and supporting elements. Capturing the Magic was developed to provide a practical guide for aspiring writers and teachers to ease the transition from analyzing the basic story to discovering and applying the essential tools of the writer's craft.

Jack Creed began his professional writing career in 1948 when he became a correspondent for the Augusta Chronicle. He attended Augusta Junior College and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Secondary Education. He taught English in Columbia, South Carolina, and later taught history, social studies, and worked with deprived children in southern Louisiana. Returning to South Carolina to teach English, he participated in the program Project Succeed. Creed served as a state consultant for high school teachers of English and Composition for underachievers and developed a text, A Writing Workshop.