Take Your Characters to Dinner: Creating the Illusion of Reality in Fiction (A Creative Writing Course)

Yourke, Laurel A.

ISBN 10: 0761816941 / ISBN 13: 9780761816942

Published by University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 2000

About this Item

215 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. A near fine copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Take Your Characters to Dinner: Creating the Illusion of Reality in Fiction (A Creative Writing Course)
• Publisher: University Press of America, Lanham, MD
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761816941
• ISBN 13: 9780761816942
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

"Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense." In Mark Twain's time, as in ours, we accept reality as plausible. In writing, however, readers must be coaxed into accepting plots and characters as real. Take Your Characters to Dinner: Creating the Illusion of Reality in Fiction shows writers exactly how to do that. The book introduces the saucy, redheaded character Georgina, who is getting to know the characters in her novel. Along with Georgina, readers discover how to write compelling fiction. Each chapter of this book covers one aspect of fiction writing, using analysis, checklists, models, examples of humorous errors, and writing exercises. An extensive glossary is also provided.

About the Author

Laurel A. Yourke is a faculty associate in the English Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.