Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing)

Media:	Paperback
Author:	Nancy Kress
Publisher:	Writer's Digest Books
Release date:	01 May, 1999
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Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing)

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From Inspiration to Novel, a complete thought process

Sentence structure, parts of speech, character, scenes, revisions, POV's, design, climax, development, progression, motivation, inspiration, technique, delivery, prologue, epilogue, all the way to last hurrah, Kress uncovers the bare bones of writing with an easy to read style.

Definitely not a college-level study piece, B,M,& E will cover what you need to know if you are already in the process of writing and find yourself stuck in a particular ditch. The layout of the book is favorable to the subject, starting with Beginnings, followed with Middles, and finishing with Endings, though each segment blends well into the lessons of the others.

This is an excellent book for non-college level beginners, or those who need to refresh their ancient college studies with some new blood. This book tends to be helpful no matter what level you are on, making it a must-have in any writer's collection.

Well written, non-condescending, helpful for those who already have an inkling of what they are doing, and a particularly good piece if you are stuck on your "middles", I highly recommend buying a copy of Beginnings, Middles, & Ends if you intend to write for any length of time. Enjoy!

Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing) - Nancy Kress

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Fast read with excellent information that is backed up with clear examples and exercises. Highly recommend.

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How About "Broken Cadence"? The Timing "Fit" Reflects Life

Say your Aunt Linda and Uncle Mike are traditionalists, sentimentalists. They first met at a romantic seside, cliff-overlook restaurant and vowed to dine there on every one-month anniversary for the rest of their lives. They do so the first two months, then mysteriously stop. You're surprised--but you KNOW that on their first one-YEAR anniversary, now that they're married, they will go back. It arrives. Nothing happens. Again, you're surprised. You chalk it off. Then, the following month they start fulfilling their monthly vow, and do so, regularly, thereafter. At this point you say, nothing surprises me anymore. That's broken cadence. That's life. (This is a pattern--life-like "broken cadence"--that I tried to adhere closely to in my own novel, Six Hours Past Thursday.) ##### It's this hugely challenging problem that is the ONLY major missing puzzle-piece to Beginnings, Middles, and Ends. Otherwise, this book is a stunningly sound blueprint for logical story development. ##### But, until you can figure a way to successfully overlay an Aunt Linda / Uncle Mike-type time-sequence, "fit" onto the principles this book sets forth, I think you are always going to have a plot-development, pacing problem.

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