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Damon knight, a sfwa grand master, founder of sfwa, author of dozens of wellregarded books and longtime writing teacher, founded the milford writers workshop that was the basis for the renowned writers workshops such. Newly revised and expanded for this third edition, creating short fiction is a popular and widely trusted guide to writing short stories of originality. In knight s section entitled, developing your talent as a writer he addresses the importance of a. It concerns a man who has been given an artificial body to. Damon knight is the author of creating short fiction, the classic guide to writing short fiction. For those who are unfamiliar with knight, he was an author, an editor, and a critic. In the introduction of creating short fiction, the classic guide to writing short fiction. Damon knight, author of creating short fiction, is a renowned author and respected professor.
Damon knight earned his reputation as a modern master of the short story with such classics as i see you, the handler, to serve man, and the country of the kind. Not with a bang is a science fiction short story by american writer damon knight. Tweet about the creating short fiction study guide email the creating short fiction study guide to a friend. Feb 14, 2011 creating short fiction by damon knight was first published in 1981, and the edition i have is the revised and expanded 3rd, the only one still in print. Tolkien random acts of senseless violence, jack womack metaplanetary, tony daniel various stories placed on line in pdf format. His first story, resilience, was published in 1941. What knight doesnt know about writing the short story cannot be put into expository prose anyway. Damon knight distilled from decades of teaching and practice, this book offers clear and direct advice on structure, pacing, dialogue, getting ideas, working with the unconscious, and more.
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