The Writing of Fiction
Edith Wharton
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Edith Wharton, a successful author of fiction herself, gives us some in-depth analysis of the writing of short stories and novels. Then she offers practical suggestions on how to get started writing fiction, with liberal references to Arthur Quiller-Couch. She appears to prefer a list of scenes over an outline. The overall outline of a novel is painted in broad strokes, almost like a step-by-step fill in the blanks recipe. if someone were to call it a How-To book it wouldn't be far off. The last chapter, on Proust seemed a little strange to me as it doesn't tie back much to the previous commandments. (Summary by William Jones)
Proof-listeners: were Rita Boutros, Michele Eaton, & TriciaG (3 hr 20 min)
Chapters
| In General | 33:08 | Read by BettyB |
| Telling a Short Story | 26:13 | Read by Inkell |
| Constructing a Novel, Part 1 | 43:07 | Read by Winnifred Assmann |
| Constructing a Novel, Part 2 | 31:43 | Read by William Allan Jones |
| Character and Situation in the Novel | 28:59 | Read by William Allan Jones |
| Marcel Proust | 37:20 | Read by William Allan Jones |