What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers, Revised and Expanded Edition by Anne Bernays
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What If? is the only textbook on writing fiction that is comprised entirely of exercises. These exercises isolate the various elements of fiction - dialogue, plot, characterization, point- of-view, etc. - and present students with a specific problem to solve through writing.
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I. BEGINNINGS.
II. NOTEBOOKS, JOURNALS, AND MEMORY.
III. CHARACTERIZATION.
IV. PERSPECTIVE, DISTANCE, AND POINT OF VIEW.
V. DIALOGUE.
VI. PLOT.
VII. THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE.
VIII. A WRITER'S TOOLS.
IX. INVENTION AND TRANSFORMATION.
X. STORY ELEMENTS AND FORMS AS A GIVEN.
XI. REVISION: REWRITING IS WRITING.
XII. GAMES.
XIII. LEARNING FROM THE GREATS.
XIV. A COLLECTION OF SHORT FICTION.