Write Like the Masters : Emulating the Best of Hemingway, Faulkner, Salinger, and Others.
Title:
Write Like the Masters : Emulating the Best of Hemingway, Faulkner, Salinger, and Others.
Author:
Cane, William.
ISBN:
9781599633695
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (290 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Write Like Honoré de Balzac -- Chapter 2: Write Like Charles Dickens -- Chapter 3: Write Like Herman Melville -- Chapter 4: Write Like Fyodor Dostoevsky -- Chapter 5: Write Like Knut Hamsun -- Chapter 6: Write Like Edith Wharton -- Chapter 7: Write Like W. Somerset Maugham -- Chapter 8: Write Like Edgar Rice Burroughs -- Chapter 9: Write Like Franz Kafka -- Chapter 10: Write Like D.H. Lawrence -- Chapter 11: Write Like William Faulkner -- Chapter 12: Write Like Ernest Hemingway -- Chapter 13: Write Like Margaret Mitchell -- Chapter 14: Write Like George Orwell -- Chapter 15: Write Like Ian Fleming -- Chapter 16: Write Like J.D. Salinger -- Chapter 17: Write Like Ray Bradbury -- Chapter 18: Write Like Flannery O'Connor -- Chapter 19: Write Like Philip K. Dick -- Chapter 20: Write Like Tom Wolfe -- Chapter 21: Write Like Stephen King -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
Want To Find Your Voice? Learn from the Best. Time and time again you've been told to find your own unique writing style, as if it were as simple as pulling it out of thin air. But finding your voice isn't easy, so where better to look than to the greatest writers of our time? Write Like the Masters analyzes the writing styles of twenty-one great novelists, including Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, Franz Kafka, Flannery O'Connor, and Ray Bradbury. This fascinating and insightful guide shows you how to imitate the masters of literature and, in the process, learn advanced writing secrets to fire up your own work.You'll discover: Herman Melville's secrets for creating characters as memorable as Captain Ahab How to master point of view with techniques from Fyodor Dostoevesky Ways to pick up the pace by keeping your sentences lean like Ernest Hemingway The importance of sensual details from James Bond creator Ian Fleming How to add suspense to your story by following the lead of the master of horror, Stephen King Whether you're working on a unique voice for your next novel or you're a composition student toying with different styles, this guide will help you gain insight into the work of the masters through the rhetorical technique of imitation. Filled with practical, easy-to-apply advice, Write Like the Masters is your key to understanding and using the proven techniques of history's greatest authors.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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