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Making Shapely Fiction
by
Jerome Stern
July 15, 2023 - July 15, 2023
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Stern, J. (2000). Making Shapely Fiction. W. W. Norton Company.
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picaresque »
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epigraph »
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portentous »
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tendentious »
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declension »
(noun) a falling off or away; deterioration / (no…
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You are interesting. Your experiences, your imagi…
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“A story about a beautiful day at Palisades Amuse…
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Writers often respond to the charge by conjuring …
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When writers try to manipulate their readers by m…
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We read for delight, for insight, for thrills, an…
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Acknowledgments
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Juggling
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Iceberg
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Last Lap
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Trauma
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Specimen
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Gathering
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A Day in the Life
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Write What You Know
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Exposition
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Fable
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Fairy Tale
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Picaro
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Red Herring
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Revision
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Romance
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Satire
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Scene
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Science Fiction
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Sex
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Short Novel
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Short Story
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Trust Your Material
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