12 audio discs (12 hrs.) in 2 containers : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course book (vi, 178 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) for each container, in kit bags.
Lecturer: James Hynes, novelist and writing instructor.
Contents:
Vol. 1. Structuring a narrative without a plot. Building fictional worlds through evocation -- How characters are different from people -- Fictional characters, imagined and observed -- Call me Ishmael: introducing a character -- Characters: round and flat, major and minor -- Mechanics of writing dialogue -- Integrating dialogue into a narrative -- And then: turning a story into a plot -- Plotting with the Freytag pyramid -- Adding complexity to plots -- Structuring a narrative without a plot. Vol. 2. Making a life as a fiction writer. Happily ever after: how to end a plot -- Seeing through other eye: point of view -- I, me, mine: first-person point of view -- He, she, it: third person point of view -- Evoking setting and place in fiction -- Mowgli-the wolf child -- Pacing in scenes and narratives -- Building scenes -- Should I write in drafts -- Revision without tears -- Approaches to researching fiction -- Making a life as a fiction writer.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.