Stein on Writing provides immediately useful advice for all writers of fiction and nonfiction, whether they are newcomers or old hands, students or instructors, amateurs or professionals. As the always clear and direct Stein explains here, "This is not a book of theory. It is a book of usable solutions--how to fix writing that is flawed, how to improve writing that is good, how...
Stein on Writing provides immediately useful advice for all writers of fiction and nonfiction, whether they are newcomers or old hands, students or instructors, amateurs or professionals. As the always clear and direct Stein explains here, "This is not a book of theory. It is a book of usable solutions--how to fix writing that is flawed, how to improve writing that is good, how to create interesting writing in the first place." With examples from bestsellers as well as from students' drafts, Stein offers detailed sections on characterization, dialogue, pacing, flashbacks, trimming away flabby wording, the so-called "triage" method of revision, using the techniques of fiction to enliven nonfiction, and more.
作者简介
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Sol Stein has edited the work of such major writers as James Baldwin, Jack Higgins, David Frost, and Elia Kazan, and founded the publishing house Stein & Day. He has taught creative writing at Columbia, Iowa, and the University of California at Irvine, which presented him with the Distinguished Instructor Award in 1993. He is the author of nine novels, including the million-cop...
Sol Stein has edited the work of such major writers as James Baldwin, Jack Higgins, David Frost, and Elia Kazan, and founded the publishing house Stein & Day. He has taught creative writing at Columbia, Iowa, and the University of California at Irvine, which presented him with the Distinguished Instructor Award in 1993. He is the author of nine novels, including the million-copy seller The Magician. He is also the author of the much-acclaimed Stein on Writing and How to Grow a Novel, both published by St. Martin’s Griffin.
Description is a depiction of a locale or person. The Latin root of the word “depiction,” pingere, means “to picture” or to fashion a visual image.
Narrative summary is the recounting of what happens offstage, out of the reader’s sight and hearing, a scene that is told rather than shown.
An immediate scene happens in front of the reader, is visible, and therefore filmable. That’s an important test. If you can’t film a scene, it is not immediate. Theater, a truly durable art, consists almost entirely of immediate scenes. (查看原文)
Test yourself. Would you want to spend ten or twelve hours with a wimpish character who is weak and ineffectual? Don’t ask the reader to. A wimp in life is a social bore. A wimp in fiction is an obstacle to reader enjoyment. (查看原文)
1 有用 艾小柯 2006-06-23 11:54:05
学习写作的优秀课本！
1 有用 容懂 2009-08-24 00:39:40
读这本书就像是在顶级编辑的办公室里装一个窃听器，不仅让我第一次理解文学写作的种种套路，更带给我一种隔墙偷招的暗自窃喜。特别是Stein关于Fiction和Non-fiction的比较，让我竟然有了写商业小说的冲动。
0 有用 metacook 2012-07-14 11:18:01
worth reading
0 有用 佳亿不动声色 2011-06-15 22:37:46
Good for who wants to improve writing.
0 有用 钱自由 2022-01-06 20:54:55
Audible听的。 介绍的方法真的很多，但是重点在于实践，得先写，然后可以根据他的建议修改。