Practical short story writing

by John Paxton Sheriff

Book Overview

If you are a short story writer hoping to get published, this is the book for you. The author presents a huge amount of useful information in an easily accessible format for writers needing a bit of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760720371
• ISBN13: 9780760720370
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

It can`t gift you with talent but it doesn`t claim to do so

What to write, how to write it and where to send it to get a chance for being published: in essence this is what the book is intended to help you with.I found the book a little too focused on the "craftmanship"-element of writing rather than the art in it, but that`s not necessarily bad: it is a short (160- pages) HOWTO-like book with which you can evade the mistakes you would probably make in your first 5-10 stories.What I was glad to find in the book were the one or two mentions that there is really more in writing than the technique - altough a short summary or at least a few examples of famous titles not fitting in any category (consider some early 20th century short-story writers) wouldn`t have hurt the book either.In short: it is a great start if you want to start writing (especially since it has information for getting published not only in the UK, but also in the US and Australia) but don`t forget that there is much more in writing than what the book covers.

It is practical

A look at plot, technique, and twist. Not bad, not the best, but not bad at all.