Thing Feigned or Imagined: A Self-Directed Course in the Craft of Fiction - Softcover

Stenson, Fred

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9780920159934: Thing Feigned or Imagined: A Self-Directed Course in the Craft of Fiction

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ISBN 10: 0920159931 ISBN 13: 9780920159934

Publisher: Banff Centre Press, 2002

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"Somebody commissioned to design the perfect writing mentor would probably come back with Fred Stenson. Stenson is wise, funny, and blessedly enthusiastic about the craft of writing. This is a book real writers are going to use, again and again."--Curtis Gillespie, Playing Through and The Progress of an Object in Motion"In Thing Feigned or Imagined, Stenson takes his readers into the workshop of the writer, examining both basic and seldom-considered aspects of the craft of fiction. The result is illuminating: a book that writers of all levels of expertise will cherish."--Merna Summers

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Nationally and internationally acclaimed author Fred Stenson draws on a career of writing and mentoring to offer an engaging take on the craft in fiction. Thing Feigned or Imagined includes short fiction by award-winning Canadian authors Edna Alford, Greg Hollingshead, Diane Schoemperlen, Fred Stenson, and Rachel Wyatt.

From the Author:

"This book is not about methods of inspiration for writers or the philosophy of writing - and not because they aren't important. Many excellent books already exist for purposes of opening the wellsprings of a writer's creativity. If that's what you are looking for, it exists elsewhere. What this book does instead is provide practical help for diagnosing problems of fictional mechanism and craft: it's a combination of instuction and troubleshooting." - Fred Stenson, Introduction

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