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from: Barb Jernigan
date: 2003-04-11 15:10:08
subject: Re: [writing2] _On Writing the Short Story: A Mad Tea Party_

huzzah!
and congrats!

On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 11:00:16 -0700 Quinn Tyler Jackson 
writes:
> I just received my author's copies of _On Writing the Short Story: A
> Mad Tea Party_, a booklet I was invited to write by Tickled by 
> Thunder
> Publishing. It is the first in a series of booklets on writing. 
> (ISBN:
> 0973234814), and will be available for order via the net soon. 
> ($4.99
> CDN, or about $3.50 US).
> 
> The booklet is divided into three parts:
> 
> The Mechanics of Short Story Writing
> The Aesthetics of Short Story Writing
> Appendix: Exercises and Explorations (26 writing exercises based on
> each section of the book)
> 
> The table of contents:
> 
> INTRODUCTION
> WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT
> THE ENIGMA OF THE SHORT STORY
> 10 REASONS TO WRITE SHORT STORIES
> A QUICK WORD ABOUT THE EXCERPTS
> 
> THE MECHANICS OF SHORT STORY WRITING
> GETTING STARTED
> POINTS OF VIEW
> TENSE AND THE PASSAGE OF TIME
> SETTING UP THE SCENE
> PLOT AND MOVEMENT
> DIALOG
> CONFLICT
> SHOWING VERSUS TELLING
> A SHORT WORD ON TITLES
> 
> THE AESTHETICS OF SHORT STORY WRITING
> CHARACTER MOVEMENT
> SYMBOL AND ALLUSION
> THEME
> 
> APPENDIX: EXERCISES AND EXPLORATIONS
> 
> If you would like further information, please feel free to email 
> the
> publisher at:
> 
> info{at}tickledbythunder.com
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --
> Quinn Tyler Jackson
> 
> 
> 
> 


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