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How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II
副标题: Advanced Techniques For Dramatic Storytelling
ISBN: 9780312104788
出版社: St. Martin's Press
出版年: 1994-03-15
页数: 161
定价: USD 19.95
装帧: Hardcover
内容简介
"Damn good" fiction is dramatic fiction, Frey insists, whether it is by Hemingway or Grisham, Le Carre or Ludlum, Austen or Dickens. Despite their differences, these authors' works share common elements: strong narrative lines, fascinating characters, steadily building conflicts, and satisfying conclusions. Frey's "How to Write a Damn Good Novel" is one of the most widely used guides ever published for aspiring authors. Here, in "How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II," Frey offers powerful advanced techniques to build suspense, create fresher, more interesting characters, and achieve greater reader sympathy, empathy, and identification. "How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II" also warns against the pseudo-rules often inflicted upon writers, rules such as "The author must always be invisible" and "You must stick to a single viewpoint in a scene," which cramp the imagination and deaden the narrative. Frey focuses instead on promises that the author makes to the reader--promises about character, narrative voice, story type, and so on, which must be kept if the reader is to be satisfied. This book is rich, instructive, honest, and often tellingly funny about the way writers sometimes fail their readers and themselves.
作者简介
詹姆斯?傅瑞（James N. Frey）
出版過多部暢銷小說，曾獲愛倫坡獎提名，並在加州大學柏克萊分校開設創意寫作課程，教授「小說寫作」及「懸疑小說」等，以此聞名，一九九四年獲選為柏克萊榮譽教師。年過七十仍於柏克萊與加州各地主持創意寫作工作坊，眾多學生出版過各樣小說──青少年、愛情、推理、懸疑、科幻、奇幻、歷史以及文學類，無所不有。傅瑞將創意寫作教學整理成《超棒小說這樣寫》、《超棒小說再進化》、《超棒推理小說這樣寫》等，旋即成為許多故事創作者的案頭常備經典。
譯者簡介
尹萍
政治大學新聞系畢業，淡江大學美國研究所碩士。與翻譯寫作工作結緣近四十年，譯作包括《超棒小說這樣寫》、《山居歲月：普羅旺斯的一年》、《居禮夫人》、《你管別人怎麼想》、《世界最險惡之旅》、《樂在工作》等多種，著作包括《出走紐西蘭》、《海洋台灣》以及《武士家族》等。閱讀寫作以外，她喜歡旅行、園藝。兒女已經各自離家，目前與老伴住在紐西蘭。
