How Fiction Works

Hardcover, 282 pages

English language

Published July 22, 2008 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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978-0-374-17340-1
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An elegant little book by famed critic and New Yorker writer, James Woods, exploring the art of writing fiction, and writing well. Written for any lover of the novel - writers, teachers, readers - it delves into the mechanics, art and mystery that is good writing, the history of the craft and its evolution, with examples culled from Woods' personal library of favourites & a few duds.

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Subjects

  • General
  • Language Arts & Disciplines / General
  • Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Language