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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Friday, February 3, 2023

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 066 (Audio Book)

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 066 (Audio Book)
 

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 066 

(Audio Book)

 

A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, four-legged beasts and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the sound of a monstrous howl, and the occasional touch of wonder.

Note: The story in Section 8, "The Last Ascent", is attributed to E. R. Punshon in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (isfdb.org).

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction

Language: English
 
 
Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe Etext BrentPatrick
 00:17:11 en
Play 02 Charles Ashmore's Trail Ambrose Bierce Etext Cliff Stone
 00:05:18 en
Play 03 The Diary of a Madman Guy de Maupassant Etext Paula Messina
 00:15:45 en
Play 04 The Edge Of The Shadow Richard Ernest Dupuy Etext Dale Grothmann
 00:15:39 en
Play 05 Flowering Evil Margaret St. Clair Etext quartertone
 00:18:59 en
Play 06 The Gallows I. W. D. Peters Etext Lee Vogler
 00:11:43 en
Play 07 The Gray Rider Charles Hilan Craig Etext Dale Grothmann
 00:18:41 en
Play 08 The Last Ascent Anonymous Etext Cliff Stone
 00:14:51 en
Play 09 The Left Eye Henry S. Whitehead Etext Ben Tucker
 00:43:13 en
Play 10 Lost Hearts M. R. James Etext James Dixon
 00:22:20 en
Play 11 The Man Who Was Not Afraid Harle Oren Cummins Etext Andy Sames
 00:12:29 en
Play 12 A Moonlight Fable H. G. Wells Etext Cliff Stone
 00:11:13 en
Play 13 The Most Horrible Story John W. Jakes Etext Cliff Stone
 00:10:01 en
Play 14 Pickman's Model H. P. Lovecraft Etext PlagueMonk
 00:32:21 en
Play 15 The Scarlet Night William Sanford Etext Lee Vogler
 00:11:46 en
Play 16 The Stroller Margaret St. Clair Etext quartertone
 00:18:20 en
Play 17 The Terrible Old Man H. P. Lovecraft Etext Cliff Stone
 00:08:13 en
Play 18 The Thing at Nolan Ambrose Bierce Etext Cliff Stone
 00:10:25 en
Play 19 To Be Accounted For Achmed Abdullah Etext Andy Sames
 00:16:39 en
Play 20 The Vengeful Tree Eleanor F. Lewis Etext Todd DeSilva
 00:10:45 en 

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