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. 007 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection Vol. 007 (Audio Book)

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection Vol. 007 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 007: 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  Speckled  Band  by  Sir.  Arthur  Conan  Doyle  (1859-1930),  read  by  Smokestack Jones -00:49:55
  2. Beyond  the  Bayou  by  Kate  Chopin  (1850-1904),  read  by  Ana  Simao  -  00:15:04 
  3. Blue  and  Green  by  Virginia  Woolf  (1882-1941),  read  by  Andrea  L.  -  00:02:43 
  4. The  Cask  of  Amontillado  by  Edgar  Allan  Poe  (1809-1849),  read  by  Victor  B.  Putz  -  00:15:26 
  5. The  Cats  of Ulthar  by  H.  P.  Lovecraft  (1890-1937),  read  by  Cow  Nose  the  50  Pound  Cat  -  00:08:28 
  6. Charon  by  Lord  Dunsany  (1878-1957),  read  by  Steven  Collins  -  00:02:30 
  7. A  College  Vagabond  by  Andy  Adams  (1859-1935),  read  by  Betsie  Bush  -  00:27:51 
  8. The  Music  of  Erich  Zann  by  H.  P.  Lovecraft  (1890-1937),  read  by  Smokestack  Jones  -  00:20:17 
  9. A  Jug  of  Sirup  by  Ambrose  Bierce  (1942-1914?),  read  by  K.  O.  Munley  -  00:18:52 T
  10. he  Life  and  Adventures  of  Calamity  Jane  by  Calamity  Jane  (Martha  Jane  Cannary-Burke)  (1852- 1903),  read  by  John  Taylor,  Southeast  Missouri  -  00:13:54 
  11. The  Little  Frenchman  and  His  Water  Lots  by  George  Pope  Morris  (1802-1864),  read  by  Ana  Simao  - 00:14:34 
  12. The  Mermaid  by  Hans  Christian  Andersen  (1805-1875),  read  by  Westwindsl2  -  00:56:55 
  13. Miss  Brill  by  Katherine  Mansfield  (1888-1923),  read  by  K.E.H.  Clark  -  00:12:31 
  14. The  Nightingale  by  Hans  Christian  Andersen  (1805-1875),  read  by  Westwindsl2  -  00:23:27 
  15. An  Occurrence  at  Owl  Creek  Bridge  by  Ambrose  Bierce  (1942-1914?),  read  by  szparker  -  00:21:58 
  16. The  Outcasts  of  Poker  Flat  by  Bret  Harte  (1836-1902),  read  by  William  Coon  -00:26:54 
  17. Romeo  and  Juliet  [Essay]  by  William  Hazlitt  (1778-1830),  read  by  David  Barnes -00:32:27 
  18. Sorrow  by  Anton  Chekhov  (1860-1904),  read  by  Patrick  Law  -  00:16:26 
  19. A  Telephonic  Conversation  by  Mark  Twain  (1835-1910),  read  by  Andrea  L.  -  00:06:17 
  20. The  War  Prayer  by  Mark  Twain  (1835-1910),  read  by  John  Greenman  -  00:09:25 

 

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