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Dwight Swain - Techniques of the Selling Writer

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The Bible in Popular Fiction Writing for all Genres

Date of Review:  Jan 13, 2000
Review: When I started to take creative writing classes, specifically in the romance genre this is what I was told about this particular book. Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain is the "bible" used by writers and most importantly editors to...
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Techniques you need to write fiction

Date of Review:  Jan 17, 2000
Review: In Techniques of the Selling Writer, Dwight V. Swain actually teaches exactly what you need to know to become a successful fiction writer. Most successful authors know about this book and consider it the "Bible" of writing. It should be in...
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A text for the selling writer

Date of Review:  Jan 7, 2001
Review: This book is dense in its guidelines for writing fiction that sells. It is one of the most useful books on how to write a novel. Swain walks the reader through the pitfalls and choices of characterization and plotting more thoroughly than in any...
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reliable, generally true
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perhaps a little rigid
 
 
 

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Authors Dwight Swain
Fiction Genre Literary Criticism • Literary Collections
Fiction Subgenre Unknown

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Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (May 01, 1982)
Measurements: 8.25"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 1.25"(d), 0.95 lbs.
ISBN: 9780806111919
 

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