Narrative Design: Working With Imagination, Craft, and Form

Bell, Madison Smartt

ISBN 10: 0393320219 / ISBN 13: 9780393320213

Published by W.W. Norton & Company Inc., New York, NY, 1997

About this Item

Bell, Madison Smartt NARRATIVE DESIGN: WORKING WITH IMAGINATION, CRAFT, AND FORM New York, NY: W.W. Norton & company Inc. 1997 FIRST EDITION Fine 377pp. 8vo. Dust jacket does show some shelf wear with some light age toning and corners are lightly bumped. Text is clean as well and binding remains strong. Overall book is in fine condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Narrative Design: Working With Imagination, Craft, and Form
• Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Inc., New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393320219
• ISBN 13: 9780393320213
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

With clarity, verve, and the sure instincts of a good teacher, Madison Smartt Bell offers a roll-up-your-sleeves approach to writing in this much-needed book.

Focusing on the big picture as well as the crucial details, Bell examines twelve stories by both established writers (including Peter Taylor, Mary Gaitskill, and Carolyn Chute) and his own former students. A story's use of time, plot, character, and other elements of fiction are analyzed, and readers are challenged to see each story's flaws and strengths. Careful endnotes bring attention to the ways in which various writers use language. Bell urges writers to develop the habit of thinking about form and finding the form that best suits their subject matter and style. His direct and practical advice allows writers to find their own voice and imagination.

About the Author

Madison Smartt Bell is the author of seventeen novels, his most recent being Behind the Moon. He teaches at Goucher College and lives in Baltimore, Maryland.