Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    The Art And Craft Of Storytelling: A Comprehensive Guide To Classic Writing Techniques
    Unavailable
    The Art And Craft Of Storytelling: A Comprehensive Guide To Classic Writing Techniques
    Unavailable
    The Art And Craft Of Storytelling: A Comprehensive Guide To Classic Writing Techniques
    Ebook325 pages5 hours

    The Art And Craft Of Storytelling: A Comprehensive Guide To Classic Writing Techniques

    By Nancy Lamb

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    Master the Power of Story

    When you consider the thousands of years of storytelling that comprise our literary tradition, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the shadow of so many works. But there are common threads that link all stories–from Beowulf and Hamlet to Gone With the Wind and The Godfather to the story you're drafting right now in your head. These threads form the foundation that supports story–a foundation Nancy Lamb shows you how to access and master.

    Whether you're writing a novel, a memoir, or a screenplay, The Art and Craft of Storytelling offers time-tested ways to translate a concrete idea into a polished work. In this book, you will find strategies for:

    • Creating a successful a beginning, middle, and end while moving smoothly from one stage to the next
    • Crafting memorable characters, choosing the best point of view for your story, and constructing authentic, compelling dialogue
    • Integrating and navigating the more subtle elements of story, such as voice, tone, premise, and theme
    • Understanding genres and subgenres and how they apply to your story
    • Structuring plots that transform a ho-hum story into a page-turning read
    The Art and Craft of Storytelling gives you all the tools you need to contribute your own story to our great tradition, to open new worlds to your readers, and to introduce new ways of thinking. This is the power and purpose of story. And by your writing, this is the tradition you honor.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWriter's Digest Books
    Release dateNov 17, 2008
    ISBN9781599634449
    Unavailable
    The Art And Craft Of Storytelling: A Comprehensive Guide To Classic Writing Techniques

    Related to The Art And Craft Of Storytelling

    Related ebooks

    Reference For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Corresponding With The Past

      Feb 1, 2024

      Corresponding With The Past
      5 min read

    • Article

      Trope: My Favorite Dirty Word

      Oct 18, 2021

      Trope: My Favorite Dirty Word
      7 min read

    • Article

      Of Myths And Magic

      Dec 3, 2020

      Of Myths And Magic
      5 min read

    • Article

      Chuck Wendig

      Aug 7, 2023

      Chuck Wendig
      11 min read

    • Article

      Shelf Life

      Apr 6, 2023

      Shelf Life
      6 min read

    • Article

      The World The Book Can Build

      Oct 13, 2021

      The World The Book Can Build
      12 min read

    • Article

      Shelf Life

      May 5, 2022

      Shelf Life
      5 min read

    • Article

      True Stories

      Aug 5, 2021

      Clare Helen Welsh is a primary school teacher and award-winning picture book author. She has recently moved into writing narrative non-fiction for children, which involves using storytelling skills to make real life stories come alive for young reade

      6 min read

    • Article

      Shelf Life

      Feb 1, 2024

      ©Rachel Pendlebury Red Side Story is my current book, published this month. It is the sequel to Shades of Grey, a book I wrote ten years ago, a dystopian thriller set in a world where the social hierarchy is governed by the colours you can see. Grey

      7 min read

    • Article

      Searching for Home: The Millions Interviews Aimee Nezhukumatathil

      Aug 26, 2020

      My mother and father were my first environmental teachers, and watching them hold their heads up high while they experienced racism and still maintained their sense of wonder absolutely informs how I shaped this book. The post Searching for Home: The

      5 min read

    • Article

      Saara El-arifi

      Sep 1, 2022

      To read an extract from The Final Strife 'As a child I did everything in my power to make magic. I was convinced that if I searched a little harder in the woods for a fairy or concentrated hard enough, I’d be able to make the pencil move. Reality was

      4 min read

    • Article

      Chloe Hooper

      Dec 1, 2022

      To read an extract from Bedtime Story ‘When my partner was diagnosed with an aggressive leukemia, I turned to the bookshelf to find a tale to help our two young sons. Bedtime Story, my own recently published book, details the quest to find what pract

      1 min read

    • Article

      The Bookish Types

      Jun 6, 2021

      The Bookish Types
      9 min read

    • Article

      Suzanne Scanlon’s Life Was Shaped by Books—for Better and for Worse

      Apr 16, 2024

      I'm uncomfortable with the simple statement of “books saved us” as much as I agree they do. The post Suzanne Scanlon’s Life Was Shaped by Books—<br>for Better and for Worse appeared first on The Millions.

      6 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Aug 28, 2023

      Books
      6 min read

    Reviews for The Art And Craft Of Storytelling

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words