Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-206) and index.
Contents
Part 1. Fictional Reality -- Dramatization -- Historical Research and Detail -- Detail in Motion -- Sensory Perceptions -- Point of View -- Characterization -- Plotting -- Part 2. Other Elements of Fiction -- Style -- Dialog -- Indirection -- Implication -- Symbol and Metaphor -- Objective Correlatives -- Epiphanies -- Information and Sex -- Part 3. The Process -- The Germ -- Planning -- Beginning -- Continuing -- Finishing.