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. 006 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection Vol. 006 (Audio Book)

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection Vol. 006 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 006: 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  Adventure  of  the  Dying  Detective  by  Sir  Arthur  Conan  Doyle  (1859-1930),  read  by  Zachary Brewster-Geisz  -  00:34:44 
  2. After  Twenty  Years  by  0.  Henry  (1862-1910),  read  by  Dave  Ranson  -  00:07:11 
  3. Araby  by  James  Joyce  (1882-1941),  read  by  Linda  Wilcox  -  00:17:32
  4. The  Cask  of  Amontillado  by  Edgar  Allan  Poe  (1809-1849),  read  by  Juho  Frojd  -  00:16:52 
  5. A  Child's  Dream  of  a  Star  by  Charles  Dickens  (1812-1870),  read  by  shortcircuit  -  00:06:44 
  6. Confession  by  Jack  London  (1876-1916),  read  by  Sandra  in  Wales,  United  Kingdom  -  00:28:52 
  7. The  Damned  Thing  by  Ambrose  Bierce  (1842-1914?),  read  by  Greg  Elmensdorp  -  00:21:18
  8. The  Door  in  the  Wall  by  H.  G.  Wells  (1866-1946),  read  by  Peter  Eastman  -  00:49:25 
  9. Facts  Concerning  the  Late  Arthur  Jermyn  and  His  Family  by  H.  P.  Lovecraft  (1890-1937),  read  by Smokestack  Jones  -  00:21:32 
  10. The  Invisible  Girl  by  Mary  Shelley  (1797-1851),  read  by  Esther  -  00:32:44
  11. The  Last  Lesson  by  Alphonse  Daudet  (1840-1897),  read  by  Dexnell  -  00:11:14
  12. The  Leopard  Man's  Story  by  Jack  London  (1876-1916),  read  by  Sandra  in  Wales,  United  Kingdom  - 00:09:01 
  13. Little  Boy  Blue  by  L.  Frank  Baum  (1856-1919),  read  by  Westwindsl2  -  00:18:22 
  14. Love  of  Life  by  Jack  London  (1876-1916),  read  by  Sandra  in  Wales,  United  Kingdom  -  00:  51:00 
  15. Maddened  by  Mystery  by  Stephen  Leacock  (1869-1944),  read  by  William  Coon  -  00:16:24 
  16. A  Mountain  Woman  by  Elia  W.  Peattie  (1862-1935),  read  by  Betsie  Bush  -  00:36:06 
  17. My  Financial  Career  by  Stephen  Leacock  (1869-1944),  read  by  Dave  Ranson  -  00:05:23 
  18. The  Ransom  of  Red  Chief  by  O.  Henry  (1862-1910),  read  by  Catharine  Eastman  -  00:31:20 
  19. Rappaccini's  Daughter  by  Nathaniel  Hawthorne  (1804-1864),  read  by  Becky  Miller  -  01:14:21 
  20. A  Sketch  ofMateship  by  Henry  Lawson  (1867-1922),  read  by  Linda  Wilcox  -  00:04:40

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