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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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection Vol. 008 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection Vol. 008 (Audio Book)


LibriVox’s Short Story Collection Vol. 008 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 008: 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. The  Bush-Fire  by  Henry  Lawson  (1867-1922),  read  by  Lucy  Burgoyne  -  00:27:00 
  2. Cannibalism  in  the  Cars  by  Mark  Twain  (1835-1910),  read  by  Matt  McGraw  -  00:22:33 
  3. Clocks  by  Jerome  K.  Jerome  (1859-1927),  read  by  Carl  Vonnoh,  III  -  00:23:43 
  4. Cost  of  Kindness  by  Jerome  K.  Jerome  (1859-1927),  read  by  Betsie  Bush  -  00:21:54 
  5. Country  Life  in  Canada  in  the  Thirties  by  Canniff  Haight  (1825-1901),  read  by  Esther  -  00:07:40 
  6. Enter  Mitchell  by  Henry  Lawson  (1867-1922),  read  by  Lucy  Burgoyne  -  00:04:44 
  7. His  Worship  the  Goosedriver  by  Arnold  Bennett  (1867-1931),  read  by  William  Coon  -  00:41:48 
  8. Hunter  Quartermain  by  H.  Rider  Haggard  (1856-1925),  read  by  Esther  -  00:39:40 
  9. In  the  Penal  Colony  by  Franz  Kafka  (1883-1924),  read  by  Peter  Yearsley  -  01:05:41 
  10. The  Last  of  the  Troubadours  by  O.  Henry  (1862-1910),  read  by  Susan  Denney-  00:29:03 
  11. Letter  to  American  Boys  by  George  MacDonald  (1824-1905),  read  by  Alex  Foster -00:14:49 
  12. Luck  by  Mark  Twain  (1835-1910),  read  by  Andrew  Lebrun  -  00:14:59 
  13. The  Mortal  Immortal  by  Mary  Shelley  (1791-1851),  read  by  David  Barnes  -  00:45:57 
  14. On  Love  by  Percy  Bysshe  Shelley  (1792-1822),  read  by  Ethan  Gordon  -  00:05:19 
  15. The  Point  of  Honor  by  Thomas  L.  Masson  (1866-1934),  read  by  Greg  Elmensdorp  -  00:01:14 
  16. The  Schoolmaster's  Progress  by  Caroline  M.  S.  Kirkland  (1801-1864),  read  by  Tamara  R. Schwartz -00:37:30
  17. Sredni  Vashtar  by  Saka  (H.  H.  Munro)  (1870-1916),  read  by  S.  Houghton  -  00:12:36 
  18. Three  Questions  by  Leo  Tolstoy  (1828-1910),  read  by  S.  Houghton  -  00:11:07 
  19. The  Watcher  by  R.  H.  Benson  (1871-1914),  read  by  Peter  Yearsley  -  00:11:35 
  20. The  Wind's  Tale  by  Hans  Christian  Andersen  (1805-1875),  read  by  Westwindsl2  -  00:28:35

 

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