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

Short Story Collection Vol 070 by Various (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox Short Story Collection Vol. 070

 LibriVox  Short  Story  Collection  Vol.  070

(Audio Book)

 

 Mysteries, fantasy, family and hardship all make appearances in this, the 70th volume of short stories in the English language, selected and read by Librivox readers.

Genre(s): Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Story Collections


CONTENTS


1.  The  Blue  Cross,  by  G.  K.  Chesterton,  read by  Peter  Thomlinson

2.  The  Father  by  Bjornstjerne  Bjornson,  read by  Phil  Schempf

3.  The  Fifty-First  Dragon  by  Heywood  Broun, read  by  Lynne  T

4.  Cats  Letter  from  St.  Preux  to  Eloisa  by Jean-Jacques  Rousseau, read  by  Craig  Campbell

5  The  Matchmaker  by  Saki,  read  by  Peter Thomlinson

6.  The  Man  in  the  Passage  by G.K.Chesterton,  read  by  Peter  Thomlinson

7.  The  Mirror  by  Catulle  Mendes,  read  by Elanor

8.  The  Mistress  of  Sydenham  Plantation  by Sarah  Orne  Jewett,  read  by  VfkaBT

9.  Morning  Glory  by  Mary  E.  Wilkins,  read by  VfkaBT

10.  The  Penitent  of  Cross  Village  by  Mary Hartwell  Catherwood, read  by  VfkaBT

11.  A  Poor  Man's  Tale  of  a  Patent  by Charles  Dickens,  read  by  Michaelmaggs

12.  The  Ransom  of  the  Red  Chief  by  O. Henry,  read  by  Tori  Faulder

13.  The  Salad  of  Colonel  Clay  by  G.K. Chesterton,  read  by  Peter  Thomlinson

14.  The  Sick  Physician  by  Dorothy  Canfield, read  by  VfkaBT

15.  Some  Scotland  Yard  Stories  by  Sir Robert  Anderson, read  by  Peter  Thomlinson

16.  The  Tomb  of  Pan  by  Lord  Dunsany,  read by  Dale  Grothmann

17.  Where  the  Tides  Ebb  and  Flow  by  Lord Dunsany,  read  by  Dale  Grothmann

18.  The  Wolf  and  the  Shepherds  by  Gotthold Ephraim  Lessing, read  by  Craig  Campbell

19.  Wratislav  by  Saki,  read  by  Peter Thomlinson

20.  The  Unrest  Cure  by  Saki,  read  by  Peter  Thomlinson




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