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The Writing of Fiction

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Edith Wharton, a successful author of fiction herself, gives us some in-depth analysis of the writing of short stories and novels. Then she offers practical suggestions on how to get started writing fiction, with liberal references to Arthur Quiller-Couch. She appears to prefer a list of scenes over an outline. The overall outline of a novel is painted in broad strokes, almost like a step-by-step fill in the blanks recipe. if someone were to call it a How-To book it wouldn't be far off. The last chapter, on Proust seemed a little strange to me as it doesn't tie back much to the previous commandments. (Summary by William Jones)

Proof-listeners: were Rita Boutros, Michele Eaton, & TriciaG (3 hr 20 min)

Chapters

In General

33:08

Read by BettyB

Telling a Short Story

26:13

Read by Inkell

Constructing a Novel, Part 1

43:07

Read by Winnifred Assmann

Constructing a Novel, Part 2

31:43

Read by William Allan Jones

Character and Situation in the Novel

28:59

Read by William Allan Jones

Marcel Proust

37:20

Read by William Allan Jones