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Writing Better Fiction: Craft Tips From Some of Canada's Best Writers and Editors
A charity anthology of donated essays on writing tips for fiction authors. All proceeds go to support In Places Between, the Robyn Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest, https://ipbcontest.weebly.com
The volume covers everything from beginnings to endings and every aspect of writing in between. There is also a chapter on business plans for writers.
Contributors include Robert J. Sawyer (author and speaker), Hayden Trenholm (author and managing editor, Bundoran Press) Barb Galler-Smith (author and editor with On Spec Magazine), Robert Runté, PhD (Senior Editor, EssentialEdits), Adria Laycraft, (author and editor with EssentialEdits.ca), Ron S. Friedman (author), Brent Nichols (author), J.E. Bernard (author), Shawn Bird (author & poet), Sally McBride (author), Tim Reynolds, (author), Craig DiLouie (author), Ace Jordyn (author), Liz Westbrook-Trenholm (author), J. Paul Cooper (author), Renée Bennett (author), Randy Nikkel Schroeder (author), Jim Jackson (author and author of storytelling manuals), and the Imaginative Fiction Writers Association (IFWA), Josephine LoRe (author and poet), Swati Chavda (editor, author & neurosurgeon), Sandra Hurst (author), Mahrie G. Reid (author and instructor), Sandra Fitzpatrick (author Lee F. Patrick) and Lisa Brassard (author).
The volume covers everything from beginnings to endings and every aspect of writing in between. There is also a chapter on business plans for writers.
Contributors include Robert J. Sawyer (author and speaker), Hayden Trenholm (author and managing editor, Bundoran Press) Barb Galler-Smith (author and editor with On Spec Magazine), Robert Runté, PhD (Senior Editor, EssentialEdits), Adria Laycraft, (author and editor with EssentialEdits.ca), Ron S. Friedman (author), Brent Nichols (author), J.E. Bernard (author), Shawn Bird (author & poet), Sally McBride (author), Tim Reynolds, (author), Craig DiLouie (author), Ace Jordyn (author), Liz Westbrook-Trenholm (author), J. Paul Cooper (author), Renée Bennett (author), Randy Nikkel Schroeder (author), Jim Jackson (author and author of storytelling manuals), and the Imaginative Fiction Writers Association (IFWA), Josephine LoRe (author and poet), Swati Chavda (editor, author & neurosurgeon), Sandra Hurst (author), Mahrie G. Reid (author and instructor), Sandra Fitzpatrick (author Lee F. Patrick) and Lisa Brassard (author).
272 pages, Paperback
Published August 9, 2019
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August 13, 2019
Some great tips and inspiration on a wide range of writing topics from many Canadian writers. A helpful resource and an introduction to some talented people.
September 27, 2020
I gave this book a 5-star review even though some of the articles spoke more to me than others, because this book has a broad intent: to provide guidance to writers anywhere in their writing journey. Some of the articles I skimmed because they cover concepts I teach, while others had me madly writing notes about things to check in my own work. But that is what this book is intended to to do: provide something for everyone and it accomplished it really well.
November 18, 2020
A variety of essays on writing. They were hit and miss for me, but considering the variety of writers and subjects, I imagine everyone can find something that resonated with them. I found the dialogue and the business essays to be the most useful to me.
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