Fiction Writer's Handbook Author:Hallie Burnett, Whit Burnett This book offers practical advice on every aspect of writing novels and short stories: plotting and narrative development, characterization and dialogue, sources of material, planning an opening, roughing out chapters, using suspense and emotional color, rewriting and highlighting and much more. Examples drawn from the works of outstanding write... more »rs, past and present, illustrate each point, making this the perfect handbook for professional writers and students.« less