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by Laurel A. Yourke

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"Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense." In Mark Twain's time, as in ours, we accept reality as plausible. In writing, however, readers must be coaxed into accepting plots and characters as real. Take Your Characters to Dinner: Creating the Illusion of Reality in Fiction shows writers exactly how to do that. The book introduces the saucy, redheaded character Georgina, who is getting to know the characters in her novel. Along with Georgina, readers discover how to write compelling fiction. Each chapter of this book covers one aspect of fiction writing, using analysis, checklists, models, examples of humorous errors, and writing exercises. An extensive glossary is also provided.

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  • Title Take Your Characters to Dinner: Creating the Illusion of Reality in Fiction (A Creative Writing Course)
  • Author Laurel A. Yourke
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of America
  • Publication date 2000-05-30
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780761816942 / 0761816941
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.93 x 6.08 x 0.68 in (22.68 x 15.44 x 1.73 cm)
  • Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Library of Congress subjects Fiction - Authorship, Creative writing
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00029864
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.3

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2000, Page 165

About the author

Laurel A. Yourke is a faculty associate in the English Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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