Movies in the Mind, How to Build a Short Story - Softcover

Rae, Colleen Mariah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0964419653 ISBN 13: 9780964419650

Publisher: Sherman Asher Pub, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Rae, Colleen Mariah

About this title

From Library Journal:

Writing teacher and novelist Rae (Perchance To Dream, A Press of One's Own, 1992) urges would-be writers to "tap the well," "dig the clay," and ultimately "give birth" to a story. One entire chapter is devoted to Rae's own development of a story from the idea germ to the finished product, complete with daily jottings in her notebook. She acknowledges early on that she merely is "serving as a guide" and that her process may not work for everyone. Indeed, her discussion of voice is quite good, as is her concept of "continuum trait" and her admonition about critics, but Rae relies too much on her personally effective methods to have broad appeal. The book's bibliography lacks publication information, and the index is amateurish. Perhaps the next book planned for this series will have more to offer.?Cathy Sabol, Northern Virginia Community Coll., Herndon
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About this edition

• Publisher: Sherman Asher Pub
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0964419653
• ISBN 13: 9780964419650
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 142