| Written by Sol Stein - Audio book narrated by Christopher Lane - Unabridged Nonfiction - 1 MP3 COMPACT DISC - 11.5 hours Publisher, Blackstone Audio Books (August 2003) ALERT! YOUR CD PLAYER MUST BE MP3 COMPATIBLE! MP3 audiobooks on compact disc can be played on newer CD players that support MP3 technology and accept a 4.75" diameter disc, and on any personal computer that has Microsoft's Media Player or similar software. Listen to a FREE audio clip. “This book can jump-start anyone’s creativity. Highly recommended for all writing collections.” —Library Journal “A practical guide for writers by a master editor who has worked with such figures as Dylan Thomas, James Baldwin, and Jack Higgins covers character development, speeding up the pace, applying the Actors Studio Method, and creating suspense and tension.” —Ingram Stein on Writing provides immediately useful advice for writers of fiction and nonfiction, whether newcomers or accomplished professionals. As Sol Stein, renowned editor, author, and instructor, explains, “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 his best-sellers as well as aspiring students’ writing, Stein offers detailed sections on characterization, dialogue, pacing, flashbacks, lipo-suctioning flab, the “triage” method of revision, using the techniques of fiction to enliven nonfiction, and more. About the Author: SOL STEIN is a prize-winning playwright produced on Broadway, an anthologized poet, the author of nine novels, and an award-winning teacher of writers. He has edited some of the most successful writers of the century. He is the author of Stein on Writing and How to Grow a Novel, and creator of the computer programs WritePro®, FictionMaster®, and FirstAid for Writers®. Contents Preface Part I: The Essentials 1. The Writer’s Job May Be Different Than You Think
2. Come Right In: First Sentences, First Paragraphs
3. Welcome to the Twentieth Century Part II: Fiction 4. Competing with God: Making Fascinating People
5. Markers: The Key to Swift Characterization
6. Thwarting Desire: The Basics of Plotting
7. The Actors Studio Method for Developing Drama in Plots
8. The Crucible: A Key to Successful Plotting
9. Suspense: Keeping the Reader Reading
10. The Adrenaline Pump: Creating Tension
11. The Secrets of Good Dialogue
12. How to Show Instead of Tell
13. Choosing a Point of View
14. Flashbacks: How to Bring Background into the Foreground
15. The Keys to Credibility
16. The Secret Snapshot Technique: Reaching for Hidden Treasure
17. How to Use All Six of Your Senses
18. Love Scenes
19. Creating the Envelope Part III: Fiction and Nonfiction 20. Amphetamines for Speeding Up Pace
21. Lipo-suctioning Flab
22. Tapping Your Originality
23. The Door to Your Book: Titles That Attract Part IV: Nonfiction 24. Using the Techniques of Fiction to Enhance Nonfiction
25. Conflict, Suspense, and Tension in Nonfiction
26. Quoting What They Say
27. Guts: The Decisive Ingredient Part V: Literary Values in Fiction and Nonfiction 28. Commercial? Popular? Literary?
29. Particularity
30. Similes and Metaphors
31. Increasing the Effect on the Reader through Resonance Part VI: Revision 32. Triage: A Better Way of Revising Fiction
33. Reprieve: Revising Nonfiction Part VII: Where to Get Help 34. Where to Get Help
35. A Final Word A Glossary of Terms Used by Writers and Editors | 
