The Art of Fiction

The Art of Fiction

By
John Gardner
John Gardner
1991 • 224 pages

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432 books

The End Is Not On The Last Page

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The Glass Castle
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Pride and Prejudice
Wuthering Heights
The Time Traveler's Wife
Dracula
The Lovely Bones

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182 books

Nonfiction

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
Black Like Me: The Definitive Griffin Estate Edition
Reading Like A Writer
The Art of X-Ray Reading
Mentor: A Memoir
The baseball codes

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7 books

Writing

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Naming the world
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft
Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular
The Art of Fiction
The Art of Perspective: Who Tells the Story
Thrill Me
Aspects of the Novel

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Creative Writing

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Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Metaphors Be With You: An A to Z Dictionary of History's Greatest Metaphorical Quotations
Evocative Description, Character, Dialogue, Foreshadowing and Where to Use Hooks
Action, Emotion, Surprise and More
The Handbook of Creative Writing
How Novels Work
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level

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Creativity And/Or Writing

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A Handful of Earth, a Handful of Sky
The Sense of an Ending
Free play
On Teaching and Writing Fiction
The Anthologist

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Writing Instruction

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Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structure
The Art of Fiction
The Hero with a Thousand Faces: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks
Wonderbook
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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Non Fiction

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Castle of Days
The Hero with a Thousand Faces: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks
The Art of Fiction
Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structure
Wonderbook
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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Adult

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The Stand
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Nonfiction

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Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
Missing 411: Western United States and Canada
The Call of the Weird : Travels in American Subcultures
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

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61 books

Writing

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The writer's journey
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
The Right to Write
Thunder and Lightning
The Sound of Paper

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Criticism

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Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays
Singular voices: American poetry today
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Writing

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Why I Write
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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Education

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The English Teacher's Companion: A Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession
Real Boys' Voices
Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
How to Read a Book

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Film

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Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
In the Blink of an Eye
Film Directing Shot by Shot

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Own

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Craft

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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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Assigned Reading

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Non Fiction Politics Economy

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Imagined Communities: Reflections On The Origin And Spread Of Nationalism
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
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