Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft

Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft

The most widely used and respected text in its field, Writing Fiction, 7e by novelists Janet Burroway and Elizabeth Stuckey-French guides the novice story writer from first inspiration to final revisi…

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