Writing Fiction

by R.V. Cassill

Book Overview

First published in 1963, this book has helped generations of aspiring writers with concise practical and philosophical advice.In addition to being a bestselling author of over 20 novels and 60+ short... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0139701036
• ISBN13: 9780139701030
• Release Date: June 1975
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

User Review

This is the text I used when I studied creative writing formally as an undergraduate, under the discipline and guidance of an Iowa Writers Workshop M.FA. While I have since grown into more advanced and challenging works, such as John Gardner's The Art of Fiction, On Becoming A Novelist, Stanley Elkin's instructions about character-plot, the criticism of William H. Gass, Howard Nemerov and Perry Miller, and Gary Provost's Beyond Style: Mastering the Finer Points of Writing, I have never forgotten this early guidebook or the teacher who helped me get the most out of it.