Movies in the Mind, How to Build a Short Story (0964419653) - Reviews and Prices

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Writing Organically:

THREE QUICK POINTS:
* Rae's approach to writing is organic rather than formulaic.
* It's all about the action. Each chapter has a set of exercises designed to get you doing rather than reading about doing.
* Expansive. While the focus is on building short stories, the approach could easily be expanded to include writing longer works.
CHAPTER BREAKDOWN:
1. Entering the Storymaker's Realm; 2. Fiction's Building Blocks; 3. Participatory Art; 4. Digging the Clay; 5. Whose Story is It... more info

Great book on writing.:

Colleen Mariah Rae's book is a unique approach to learning the art of writing fiction. It's strictly an inside job, and Rae helps you find answers to your fiction writing problems within yourself. Her emphasis on imagery and detail is presented in a straight forward manner that sheds new light on the subject. But her advice on developing a trait continuum for your characters is help of the most valuable kind. I look forward to seeing more books from her in this series.

John M. Whalen, Journalist/Freelance... more info

Provides the aspiring writer with compendium of sound advice:

With Movies In The Mind: How To Build A Short Story, Colleen Rae provides the aspiring writer with compendium of sound advice, techniques, and strategies for writing plausible, believable, resonating fiction. Each informative chapter is a gem of sound, practical, illustrative, and occasionally inspiring instruction and includes: Entering The Storymaker's Realm; Fiction's Building Blocks; Participatory Art; Digging The Clay; Whose Story Is It Anyway?; Unlocking Your Story; How To Birth A Story; and There's... more info

Inspire & Enhance Writer's Craft:

This book is great, will really rev up your writing, and I'm not the only one who says so. The February 2001 issue of Wisconsin Bookwatch has the review : With "Movies In The Mind: How To Build A Short Story", Colleen Rae provides the aspiring writer with compendium of sound advice, techniques, and strategies for writing plausible, believable, resonating fiction. Each informative chapter is a gem of sound, practical, illustrative, and occasionally inspiring instruction and includes: Entering The... more info

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