Read Like A Writer

There are two ways to learn how to write fiction: by reading it and by writing it. Yes, you can learn lots about writing stories in workshops, in writing classes and writing groups, at writers' conferences. You can learn technique and process by reading the dozens of books like this one on fiction writing and by reading articles in writers' magazines. But the best teachers of fiction are the great works of fiction themselves. You can learn more about the structure of a short story by reading Anton Chekhov's 'Heartache' than you can in a semester of Creative Writing 101. If you read like a writer, that is, which means you have to read everything twice, at least. When you read a story or novel the first time, just let it happen. Enjoy the journey. When you've finished, you know where the story took you, and now you can go back and reread, and this time notice how the writer reached that destination. Notice the choices he made at each chapter, each sentence, each word. (Every word is a choice.) You see now how the transitions work, how a character gets across a room. All this time you're learning. You loved the central character in the story, and now you can see how the writer presented the character and rendered her worthy of your love and attention. The first reading is creative—you collaborate with the writer in making the story. The second reading is critical.


John Dufresne, from his book, The Lie That Tells A Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction

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Monday, April 11, 2022

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection Vol. 005 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection Vol. 005 (Audio Book)

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection Vol. 005 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 005: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.

Genre(s): Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Story Collection

 

CONTENTS

  1. Death  of  a  Balder  by  Hamilton  Wright  Mabie  (1846-1916),  read  by  Ben  Douglas  -  00:20:25 
  2. Beauty  and  the  Beast  by  Marie  le  Prince  de  Beaumont  (1711-1780),  read  by  Tina  -  00:30:52 
  3. The  Boarding  House  by  James  Joyce  (1882-1941),  read  by  Heath  Gardner  -  00:14:50 
  4. The  Celebrated  Jumping  Frog  of  Calaveras  County  by  Mark  Twain  (1835-1910),  read  by  Rodney
    Nelson -00:14:06 
  5. Confessions  of  a  Humorist  by  O.  Henry  (1862-1910),  read  by  William  Coon  -  00:22:35 
  6. Fenimore  Cooper's  Literary  Offenses  by  Mark  Twain  (1835-1910),  read  by  Laura  Fox  -  00:34:46 
  7. The  Copy-Cat  by  Mary  E.  Wilkins  Freeman  (1852-1930),  read  by  Betsie  Bush  -  00:45:34 
  8. The  Deacon  by  William  James  Lampton  (d.  1917),  read  by  Cindy  Steib  -  00:17:20 
  9. Dracula's  Guest  by  Bram  Stoker  (1847-1912),  read  by  Dimitri  Fotopoulos  -  00:30:14 
  10. The  Furnished  Room  by  O.  Henry  (1862-1910),  read  by  William  Coon  -  00:16:58 
  11. How  the  Whale  Got  His  Throat  by  Rudyard  Kipling  (1865-1936),  read  by  Thomas'  Dad  -  00:05:40 
  12. Ligeia  by  Edgar  Allan  Poe  (1809-1849),  read  by  Peter  Yearsley  -  00:47:09 
  13. Sing  a  Song  o' Sixpence  by  L.  Frank  Baum,  read  by  Westwindsl2  -  00:14:10
  14. The  Cat  and  the  Fiddle  by  L.  Frank  Baum,  read  by  Westwindsl2  -  00:09:57
  15. The  Black  Sheep  by  L.  Frank  Baum,  read  by  Westwindsl2  -  00:09:57 
  16. Mrs.  Packletide's  Tiger  by  Saki  (H.  H.  Munro)  (1870-1916),  read  by  rhodian  -  00:10:00 
  17. The  Nice  People  by  H.  C.  Bunner  (1855-1896),  read  by  Cindy  Steib  -  00:22:48 
  18. Plato:  The  Story  of  a  Cat  by  A.  S.  Downs,  read  by  Maddie  -  00:06:48 
  19. Rikki  Tikki  Tavi  by  Rudyard  Kipling  (1865-1936),  read  by  Mark  Butler  -  00:32:47 
  20. The  Yellow  Wallpaper  by  Charlotte  Perkins  Gilman  (1860-1935),  read  by  Kirsten  Ferreri  -  00:29:47

 

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