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    Elements of The Writing Craft: More Than 150 Lessons for Fiction and Nonfiction Writers

    By Robert Olmstead

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    Great narratives are built piece by piece, through myriad small tasks and careful moves. In this landmark book, Robert Olmstead shows how distinguished writers past and present have built their fiction and nonfiction. Through this writer's-eye analysis of more than 150 of literature's most finely crafted passages, you'll learn to read like a writer. Then, more than 500 innovative exercises challenge you to experiment with - and expand upon - the techniques of the masters, so you can use them for great narratives of your own.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWriter's Digest Books
    Release dateMay 30, 2011
    ISBN9781599635002
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