Author: Fred Stenson. Published by Banff Centre Press, Banff, AB., 2002, 1st Edition. SIGNED and dedicated by the Author. Printed in Canada by Kromar Printing. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with first owners name written inside. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9 x 6 inch, 212 pages.
THING FEIGNED OR IMAGINED, The Craft in Fiction, was written by the nationally and internationally acclaimed author Fred Stenson, and draws on a career of writing and mentoring to offer an engaging take on the craft of fiction writing.
"Novice and veteran writers alike should welcome the arrival of this practical guide to the craft of writing short stories. Written with elegance and wit by prize-winning Alberta novelist Fred Stenson, Thing Feigned or Imagined is not another guide to finding inspiration and story ideas. Rather, it describes the methods for sustaining what Stenson calls āthe spellā that hooks, propels, and satisfies a reader of short fiction. Short, readable chapters breathe life into the well-worn topics of structure, characterization, and point of view. Stenson also prescribes less explored means of fine-tuning oneās writing, such as establishing a connection among title, first sentence,Ā and climax." -Reviewed by Larissa Liepins, CBRA online.
