Full name: Between the Lines: Master the Subtle Elements of Fiction Writing

Author: Jessica Morrell Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Writing, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781582973920 158297392X

Effective storytelling stems from many elements, the most crucial of which are unseen or blended in so unobtrusively that they are difficult to spot and analyze. Still, they are necessary to the wholeness and coherence of a story-to create a work that lingers and resonates in the reader's imagination.In "Between the Lines," author and writing instructor Jessica Page Morrell shows you how to craft a unified and layered novel or short story by mastering subtle storytelling techniques, such as: Using emotional bombshells, surprises, and interruptions to intensify cliffhangersEnlarging your story world through the use of layered subplotsBuilding suspense one scene at a time to maximize the emotional payoffAnchoring your premise to your protagonist's character arcTransitioning into and out of flashbacks without interrupting the mood of your story Detailed instruction combined with examples from well-known authors turn seemingly complex topics like subtext, revelations, misdirection, and balance into comprehensible techniques that will elevate your writing to the next level. Similar books: Creating Characters by Dwight V. Swain Manuscript Makeover by Elizabeth Lyon Writing the Novel by Lawrence Block Master Class in Fiction Writing by Adam Sexton Escaping Into the Open by Elizabeth Berg Creating Short Fiction by Damon Knight Bullies, Bastards And Bitches by Jessica Morrell Making a Literary Life by Carolyn See The Courage to Write by Ralph Keyes The Lie That Tells a Truth by John Dufresne Thunder and Lightning by Natalie Goldberg The Career Novelist by Donald Maass How to Write Short by Roy Peter Clark Conflict, Action and Suspense by William Noble The Sound on the Page by Ben Yagoda Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing by Zachary Petit Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain Story Engineering by Larry Brooks