Brevity : a flash fiction handbook
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2016].
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xii, 143 pages ; 22 cm
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SWOCC Library - Main Stacks | PN3377.5.F53 G35 2016 | Available |
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Published
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016].
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Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Over the past ten years or so, "Short-shorts" or "Flash Fiction" has emerged as an increasingly popular and visible genre within fiction. David Galef's Brevity offers a guide to the genre for creative writing students by combining discussions of the various approaches and methods within the genre, examples of the form, and prompts for students to develop their own writing. Galef includes examples of the short-short genre from such writers as Collette, Donald Barthelme, and Borges. He examines the ways in which these authors drew on the form and how compression and other techniques are able to produce works of power, humor, or insight. Galef argues that developing one's skills in the short-short form can also carry over to other forms of writing. Galef, a writer and longtime creative-writing instructor, guides the reader through these stories and techniques and also provides exercises based on the content or technique employed in the stories" --
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Galef, D. (2016). Brevity: a flash fiction handbook . Columbia University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Galef, David. 2016. Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook. Columbia University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Galef, David. Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook Columbia University Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Galef, David. Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook Columbia University Press, 2016.
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