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Book:Name: David Galef - Brevity (epub)
Format: epub
Size: 1.06 MB
Description:Title: Brevity
Author: David Galef
Language: English
Year: 2016
Subjects: LAN005000, Language Arts & Disciplines/Composition & Creative Writing, LIT018000, Literary Criticism/Short Stories
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231179690
Total pages: 107 str.
Download from RapidGatorFlash fiction is over in the blink of an eye yet lingers with the reader. In Brevity, David Galef guides creative writing students through this timely literary genre, detailing best techniques, key examples, and provocative prompts that will help aspiring writers pack the most punch in the fewest words.
Flash fiction, or the short-short," which encompasses vignettes, prose poems, character sketches, fables, lists, twist stories, surrealism, metafiction, and other forms, has taken off over the past decade in both print and digital publications. Galef traces the genre back to such writers as Colette, Donald Barthelme, and Borges, demonstrating the compression and concision of character, plot, and dialogue that make the perfect miniature. Galef, a writer and longtime creative writing instructor, shows how developing one's skills in the short-short form can translate to other forms of writing. His diverse selection of stories and engaging exercises and prompts make...
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