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Writing of Fiction

Edith Wharton, a successful author of fiction herself, gives us some in-depth analysis of the writing of short stories and novels. Then she offers practical suggestions on how to get started writing fiction, with liberal references to Arthur Quiller-Couch. She appears to prefer a list of scenes over an outline. The overall outline of a novel is painted in broad strokes, almost like a step-by-step fill in the blanks recipe. if someone were to call it a How-To book it wouldn't be far off. The last chapter, on Proust seemed a little strange to me as it doesn't tie back much to the previous commandments. (Summary by William Jones) Proof-listeners: were Rita Boutros, Michele Eaton, & TriciaG

Year of Publication: 1925Genres: Literary Criticism , Writing & Linguistics

Running Time: 03 hours 20 minutes 30 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	In General BettyB	33:08
2	Telling a Short Story Inkell	26:13
3	Constructing a Novel, Part 1 Winnifred Assmann	43:07
4	Constructing a Novel, Part 2 William Allan Jones	31:43
5	Character and Situation in the Novel William Allan Jones	28:59
6	Marcel Proust William Allan Jones	37:20