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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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Thrilling Wonder Stories V 33, N 02 (1948 December)

Thrilling Wonder Stories v33n02 (1948 December)



  Thrilling Wonder Stories V 33, N 02 

(1948 December)

 

CONTENTS

 
THE GHOST PLANET

By MURRAY LEINSTER

When Tom Drake first saw the misty globes, authorities thought him daft — until those globes suddenly came right down to earth! 13

Three Complete Novelets 240,000 MILES STRAIGHT UP L. Ron Hubbard 42

The “Angel" was named in sarcasm — a fact officials failed to take into account when they sent him to the Moon on a Mission of surrender!

FRUITS OF THE ACATHON Charles L. Harness 64

Freudian Toring denies the infallibility of the machine that predicts death — and ventures an experiment to challenge mankind

THE MOBIUS TRAIL George 0. Smith 105

Boon or blight — what would be the future of the new and ingenious marvel of science which was known as teleportation?

Six Short Stories


SCHIZOPHRENIC

A HORSE ON ME...
THE OFF SEASON . ..
A CHILD IS CRYING

KNOCK

FUZZY HEAD

Featured Short Novel


Noel Loomis 58

Benj. Miller 89

Ray Bradbury 99

John D. MacDonald 131

Fredric Brown 138

Frank Belknap Long 144

Special Features


THE READER SPEAKS The Editor 6

WORLD ON A POGO STICK F. Orlin Tremaine 82

THE FRYING PAN A Fanzine Review 172

SCIENCE FICTION BOOK REVIEW A Department 175

Also See “Wonder Oddities" Page 57, and “ High School Alchemist,” Page 143

Cover Painting by Earle Bergey — Illustrating “Fruits of the Agathon”

 

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