Tag Archives: John Gardner

Gardner’s October Light

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

Okay, so I’m trying to ease myself out of the doldrums I’ve been in all month and doing my usual reading about writing and my to-read list. If you’ve read John Gardner’s The Art of Fiction then you probably know … Continue reading →

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Chapter 4 – Fiction Techniques

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

My other core class, Fiction Techniques, was designed to get everyone thinking about how they could use imagery, metaphor, description, point-of-view, and the like, in their stories. Our teacher was a photocopy fiend. She had endless examples of extraordinary feats … Continue reading →

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