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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Thursday, April 14, 2022

Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 005 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 005 (Audio Book)

LibriVox’s Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 005 (Audio Book)


A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyond. If just one story prickles the hair on the back of your neck, or prickles your eyelids with the touch of tears, we will have succeeded. 

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

 

CONTENTS

  1. The Hidden Beast by J. D. Beresford, read by Wes Kingston 00:06:15
  2. An Old Woman's Tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne, read by RK Wilcox 00:24:39
  3. The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Ryan Traub 00:06:05 
  4. The Phantom Coach by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, read by Nick Gisburne 00:30:39 
  5. The Ring of Thoth by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Clive Catterall 00:44:36 
  6. The Silver Mirror by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Alex C. Telander 00:18:36 
  7. Staley Fleming's Hallucination by Ambrose Bierce, read by gregnkim 00:05:05 
  8. The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost by H. G. Wells, read by Toby Paradis 00:27:19 
  9. The Tale of the Mysterious Mirror by Sir Walter Scott, read by Alex C. Telander 00:47:13 
  10. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, read by Michelle Sullivan 00:32:07

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