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352 pp.
6 1/8" x 9 1/4"

ISBN-13:
9780195395655

Copyright Year:
2011

Imprint: OUP US

On Writing Short Stories

Second Edition

Tom Bailey

Tom Bailey's On Writing Short Stories offers a fascinating introduction to writing fiction and the short story by bringing together eight original essays by professional writers and more than 20 exemplars of short fiction. The first part features essays that take the student through the process of writing by well-known authors such as Francine Prose, Joyce Carol Oates, and Andre Dubus. These essays focus on the characteristics and craft of the short story and its writer, and take the student from the workshopping process all the way through the experience of working with agents and publishers. The second part of the text is an anthology of stories - many referred to in the essays - that gives readers dynamic examples of technique brought to life. Finally, the third part offers further advice on publishing work, and includes a listing of magazines, journals, quarterlies and online sources to which short fiction can be submitted.

Readership : Suitable for courses in Fiction Writing/Introduction to Fiction and The Short Story.

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Tom Bailey is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Susquehanna University.

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Special Features

Brings together 8 original essays by professional writers and more than 20 examples of short fiction.
Takes students from the workshopping process all the way through the publishing experience.

New to this Edition

NEW! Brings the text up-to-date with new and revised essays and a freshened anthology that retains many of the classics, but adds in new styles and diverse voices-from short short fiction to the postcolonial writing of non-Western authors-to give students a broader scope of the short fiction landscape.
NEW! Bailey will update his own essay on the elements of fiction, and has commissioned writers to revise two others essays: "The Writer's Workshop>" and <"Publishers and Publishing." These updates will take into account just how much pedagogical and publishing practices have evolved in the decade since the first edition published.