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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Saturday, April 16, 2022

Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 032 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 032 (Audio Book)

LibriVox’s Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 032 (Audio Book)


A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.

Readers include:

  • Nan Dodge; Nemo
  • Tony Scheinman
  • Liz Van Kleeck
  • Rafe Ball
  • annehaviland
  • Angelique G. Campbell
  • Mike Golczynski
  • John Van Stan
  • Malthus
  • Collee 
Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

 

CONTENTS

  1. The Phantom Regiment of Killiecrankie by Elliott O'Donnell, read by Nan Dodge 00:14:21
  2. The Phantom Hag by Anonymous, read by Nemo 00:08:06
  3. The Hand by Guy de Maupassant, read by Tony Scheinman 00:13:57
  4. Charon by Lord Dunsany, read by Tony Scheinman 00:02:57
  5. The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce, read by Tony Scheinman 00:11:50
  6. The Music of Erich by Zann H. P. Lovecraft, read by Tony Scheinman 00:21:22 
  7. A Jug of Syrup by Ambrose Bierce, read by Liz Van Kleeck 00:16:51 
  8. The Derelict William by Hope Hodgson, read by Rafe Ball 01:13:58 
  9. Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne  read by annehaviland
    00:26:09 
  10. The Black Reaper by Bernard Capes , read by Angelique G. Campbell
    00:27:45 
  11. Panhandle and the Ghosts by Lawrence Pearsall Jacks, read by Angelique G. Campbell 01:01:48 
  12. All Men are Ghosts by Lawrence Pearsall Jacks, read by Angelique G. Campbell
    01:01:32 
  13. Ooze by Anthony M. Rud, read by Mike Golczynski 00:49:09 
  14. The Trial for Murder by Charles Dickens, read by John Van Stan 00:30:08 
  15. The Middle Toe of the Right Foot Ambrose Bierce, read by John Van Stan 00:21:40 
  16. One Summer Night by Ambrose Bierce, read by John Van Stan 00:04:40 
  17. Number 13 by M. R. James, read by Malthus
    00:33:27  
  18. Debt of Honor by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, read by Colleen McMahon 00:43:09 
  19. Afterward by Edith Wharton, read by annehaviland 00:56:12 
  20. Mademoiselle Cocotte by Guy de Maupassant, read by Guy de Maupassant 00:08:27

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