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كتابة القصة القصيرة
Wherever you are in your development as a writer, On Writing the Short Story can help you focus your creativity more productively. Noted writer and editor Hallie Burnett guides you through the elements of powerful story writing-character, plot, setting, theme and style-and discusses the techniques that other writers have used to revise and perfect their work.
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190 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1983
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February 8, 2015
كتاب رائع عن تكنيك كتابة القصة القصيرة .. أصبحت أجد متعة فى قراءة القصة القصيرة، وأمتلك عين نقدية فى نقد القصص القصيرة التى أقرأها.
الفصل الأول: تعريف القصة.
الفصل الثانى: الحبكة الفنية.
الفصل الثالث: الشخصيات.
الفصل الرابع: الأسلوب.
الفصل الخامس: الكاتب والكتابة.
الفصل السادس: مراحل القصة - البداية.
الفصل السابع: المواصلة حتى النهاية.
الفصل الثامن: المراحل النهائية.
الفصل التاسع: ملاحظات أخيرة.
المترجم استبدل القصص اللى كانت فى الكتاب بقصص أخرى من ترشيحه:
1- الشاب الجرئ على العقلة الطائرة - وليم سارويان.
2- صيف هندى - أرسكين كالدويل.
3- هو والقطة (قصة من جنوب أفريقيا) - حزقيال مغيالى.
4- هو وأنا - ناتاليا جونزبرج.
5- على مشارف النوم - جان ماري غوستاف لو كليزيو.
6- زيارة إلى سجين - اجنازيو سيلونى.
معلومات عن الكاتبة وكتاب القصص القصيرة ومُترجم الكتاب + فهرس الكتاب
بعض الاقتباسات من القصص القصيرة التى فى الكتاب:
قال : يجب ألا تسخر من سجين. أبدا أبدا.
- ولم لا ؟
- لأنه لا يستطيع أن يدافع عن نفسه ثم، لمعلوماتك قد يكون بريئا .. وعلى كل حال هو إنسان يجب أن نرثى له ونشفق عليه.
أجنازيو سيلونى
(زيارة إلى سجين)
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تظل الأشياء بداخلى مبعثرة ، تغذى حياتى ، على نحو لا يمكن إنكاره ، بالذكريات والمشاعر ، ولكنها تفشل دائماً فى ملء أرض الثقافة الخربة داخلى.
ناتاليا جنزبرج
(هو .. وأنا)
===============
شئ واحد فى العالم أحبه وأفهمه، الشعر.
ناتاليا جنزبرج
(هو .. وأنا)
===============
للحظة أبدية كان هو كل الأشياء فى آن : الطائر والسمكة والحيوان القارض والزاحف والإنسان ، وكان أمامه محيط من أثر الإنسان يتموج فى الظلام بلا نهاية. احترقت المدينة ، وتمردت الجماهير المحتشدة ، والأرض تدور مبتعدة وحين أدرك أنه يفعل مثلها ، أدار وجهه الضائع إلى السماء الخالية وأصبح بلا حلم ولا حياة ، لقد اكتمل.
وليم سارويان
(الشاب الجرئ على العقلة الطائرة)
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الفصل الأول: تعريف القصة.
الفصل الثانى: الحبكة الفنية.
الفصل الثالث: الشخصيات.
الفصل الرابع: الأسلوب.
الفصل الخامس: الكاتب والكتابة.
الفصل السادس: مراحل القصة - البداية.
الفصل السابع: المواصلة حتى النهاية.
الفصل الثامن: المراحل النهائية.
الفصل التاسع: ملاحظات أخيرة.
المترجم استبدل القصص اللى كانت فى الكتاب بقصص أخرى من ترشيحه:
1- الشاب الجرئ على العقلة الطائرة - وليم سارويان.
2- صيف هندى - أرسكين كالدويل.
3- هو والقطة (قصة من جنوب أفريقيا) - حزقيال مغيالى.
4- هو وأنا - ناتاليا جونزبرج.
5- على مشارف النوم - جان ماري غوستاف لو كليزيو.
6- زيارة إلى سجين - اجنازيو سيلونى.
معلومات عن الكاتبة وكتاب القصص القصيرة ومُترجم الكتاب + فهرس الكتاب
بعض الاقتباسات من القصص القصيرة التى فى الكتاب:
قال : يجب ألا تسخر من سجين. أبدا أبدا.
- ولم لا ؟
- لأنه لا يستطيع أن يدافع عن نفسه ثم، لمعلوماتك قد يكون بريئا .. وعلى كل حال هو إنسان يجب أن نرثى له ونشفق عليه.
أجنازيو سيلونى
(زيارة إلى سجين)
===============
تظل الأشياء بداخلى مبعثرة ، تغذى حياتى ، على نحو لا يمكن إنكاره ، بالذكريات والمشاعر ، ولكنها تفشل دائماً فى ملء أرض الثقافة الخربة داخلى.
ناتاليا جنزبرج
(هو .. وأنا)
===============
شئ واحد فى العالم أحبه وأفهمه، الشعر.
ناتاليا جنزبرج
(هو .. وأنا)
===============
للحظة أبدية كان هو كل الأشياء فى آن : الطائر والسمكة والحيوان القارض والزاحف والإنسان ، وكان أمامه محيط من أثر الإنسان يتموج فى الظلام بلا نهاية. احترقت المدينة ، وتمردت الجماهير المحتشدة ، والأرض تدور مبتعدة وحين أدرك أنه يفعل مثلها ، أدار وجهه الضائع إلى السماء الخالية وأصبح بلا حلم ولا حياة ، لقد اكتمل.
وليم سارويان
(الشاب الجرئ على العقلة الطائرة)
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October 27, 2012
I was disappointed with On Writing the Short Story. I purchased this book based on the recommendation of Self-Editing for Fiction Writers. They indicated this was one of the best books out there about short stories. I beg to disagree.
Some of the advice is note-worthy, however a good share of it has been written in other books. It would have made more sense to discuss the different points after each author's story she included so we understand clearly the point she was making instead having to refer back. I would have liked more information for the money I spent on this book because of its high recommendation.
Some of the advice is note-worthy, however a good share of it has been written in other books. It would have made more sense to discuss the different points after each author's story she included so we understand clearly the point she was making instead having to refer back. I would have liked more information for the money I spent on this book because of its high recommendation.
July 24, 2017
كتابة القصة القصيرة، هو كتاب للكاتبة والمحررة الأمريكية هالي بيرنت
الكتاب بتناول فن القصة القصيرة، وما أعظمه فن.
تأكد الكاتبة وهي قد عملت ريسة لتحرير مجلة القصة لأكثر من أربعين عاماً، أن فن القصة يسهل تعلمه، لكن لمن ملك الموهبة والجد والصبر ل‘حراز ثمرة تعبه.
تناولت الكاتبة القصة القصيرة من خلال جوانب متعددة مثل تعريف القصة، الحبكة الفنية، الشخصيات، الاسلوب، الكاتب والكتابة، البداية، النهاية،وملاحظات أخيرة.
ثم عرضت بعض نصوص القصة القصيرة.
الكتاب بتناول فن القصة القصيرة، وما أعظمه فن.
تأكد الكاتبة وهي قد عملت ريسة لتحرير مجلة القصة لأكثر من أربعين عاماً، أن فن القصة يسهل تعلمه، لكن لمن ملك الموهبة والجد والصبر ل‘حراز ثمرة تعبه.
تناولت الكاتبة القصة القصيرة من خلال جوانب متعددة مثل تعريف القصة، الحبكة الفنية، الشخصيات، الاسلوب، الكاتب والكتابة، البداية، النهاية،وملاحظات أخيرة.
ثم عرضت بعض نصوص القصة القصيرة.
July 25, 2019
It is only good for a starter-level!
April 6, 2020
يُجيب هذا الكتيّب عن أسئلتك الملحّة لا في مجال القصة القصيرة وحسب، بل عن أسئلة الكتابة في مداها الفسيح .
August 30, 2020
كتابٌ مهمٌّ ومكثّفٌ لا حشو فيه
أنصحُ كلَّ موهوب في الكتابةِ أن يقرأه مرتين على الأقل
أنصحُ كلَّ موهوب في الكتابةِ أن يقرأه مرتين على الأقل
February 26, 2023
رائع .. ببساطة .. رائع
November 20, 2023
A quick, helpful read for writers from beginner to veteran in under 170 pages. Covers character, plot, setting, theme and style. I recommend to my authors.
May 29, 2016
I have been reading a variety of creative writing manuals over the past few months to gear up for my workshopping, writing, teaching, and learning that I will be doing in my new MFA program. All of the books I have read have been mostly repetitive, while all offered interesting and powerful glimmers into one aspect of creative writing that really turned me on and opened my eyes (while I felt the other lessons provided were good, but mostly repeated a great deal of information I was already very familiar with). This review will focus on what I felt was specifically unique about this book in particular and may leave out observations about the entirety of the workshop.
This was one of the least helpful of the group that I have been reading recently. It is rambling, indirect, and contains very little valuable information. It is written in a narrative format that seems to dance around any helpful advice, and felt to me like one of those college classes where an elderly professor is sitting at the front of the room and is riffing on their topic without a real distinct goal for the day’s class as far as anyone can tell. Half of the book is her ‘course’ and the other half of the book is a very small anthology of notable short stories that were published in Story magazine.
That said, I was surprised at how poorly executed this book was as Burnett was the editor of Story magazine for something like thirty years… But that does not a good teacher through a nonfiction book on creative writing make. As a matter of fact, I really enjoyed her piece that appeared in the book – yes, she put one of her own short stories next to Capote, Taylor, and others as an editorial decision in her book. But there was no clear reason why the stories were there besides the fact that they were great.
All in all, there are a few tips in here hidden in a bramble of anecdotal nonsense, but it is safe to say you can skip it if you want to learn something about creative writing. Pick up ‘On Writing’ or ‘Writing Down The Bones’ or even some inspiration from some back issues of Story to kickstart your adventure, but you can feel free to leave this one on the shelf.
This was one of the least helpful of the group that I have been reading recently. It is rambling, indirect, and contains very little valuable information. It is written in a narrative format that seems to dance around any helpful advice, and felt to me like one of those college classes where an elderly professor is sitting at the front of the room and is riffing on their topic without a real distinct goal for the day’s class as far as anyone can tell. Half of the book is her ‘course’ and the other half of the book is a very small anthology of notable short stories that were published in Story magazine.
That said, I was surprised at how poorly executed this book was as Burnett was the editor of Story magazine for something like thirty years… But that does not a good teacher through a nonfiction book on creative writing make. As a matter of fact, I really enjoyed her piece that appeared in the book – yes, she put one of her own short stories next to Capote, Taylor, and others as an editorial decision in her book. But there was no clear reason why the stories were there besides the fact that they were great.
All in all, there are a few tips in here hidden in a bramble of anecdotal nonsense, but it is safe to say you can skip it if you want to learn something about creative writing. Pick up ‘On Writing’ or ‘Writing Down The Bones’ or even some inspiration from some back issues of Story to kickstart your adventure, but you can feel free to leave this one on the shelf.
July 22, 2009
I bought "On Writing the Short Story" by Hallie Burnett because it was recommended in "Self-Editing for Fiction Writers" as "the best book we've found on the subject". Right now that doesn't seem such a glowing endorsement. It just makes me wonders what the other books are like if they aren't as good. Because while it's a good book with some excellent information and advice it's very thin and around half of it is sample stories. This sounds rather lack my complaints about another book on short story writing "How to Write Short Stories For Magazines -- and get Published" but this book wins over the previous one for several reasons.
1. The quality of the advice is much better, and it's generally better written.
2. Only one of the sample stories is actually by the book's author
3. One of the sample stories is the classic "Address Unknown" by Kressman Taylor which retails on its own for £5.99 on Amazon - it's worth buying for this powerful and tragic story on its own.
4. The internal layout of the book looks like a book.
So it doesn't feel as anaemic as "How to Write Short Stories for Magazines" and I didn't pay anywhere near as much for it, but it still doesn't feel comprehensive. It's an excellent primer, and given you can pick it up for £1.51 on Amazon (well from other sellers selling through Amazon) it's worth the money, but I wanted something a bit meatier.
It's still head and shoulders above "How to Write Short Stories for Magazines" and so I grant it 3 stars.
1. The quality of the advice is much better, and it's generally better written.
2. Only one of the sample stories is actually by the book's author
3. One of the sample stories is the classic "Address Unknown" by Kressman Taylor which retails on its own for £5.99 on Amazon - it's worth buying for this powerful and tragic story on its own.
4. The internal layout of the book looks like a book.
So it doesn't feel as anaemic as "How to Write Short Stories for Magazines" and I didn't pay anywhere near as much for it, but it still doesn't feel comprehensive. It's an excellent primer, and given you can pick it up for £1.51 on Amazon (well from other sellers selling through Amazon) it's worth the money, but I wanted something a bit meatier.
It's still head and shoulders above "How to Write Short Stories for Magazines" and so I grant it 3 stars.
February 4, 2016
Not terrible, but there are other books which 1. Go into more detail / give more specific strategies and (more importantly) 2. Have more modern examples of stories. Not highly recommended given some of the other books that are out there.
October 15, 2008
A good book, with good, solid advice on writing the short story. Definitely worth reading, even if you're like me, and don't write "literary."
June 25, 2011
Tips and guidelines for those attempting to write short stories. The author draws on her experiences.
February 22, 2013
Outstanding, dated book. It includes six short stories.
November 22, 2015
Okay but not one of my favorite books on writing. It just didn't grab me.
Want to read
September 3, 2012(Recommended in "Self-Editing for Fiction Writers" as the best book on short story technique.)
April 24, 2015
رائع .. ببساطة .. رائع
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