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A review by davenash
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner
4.0
Other books on writing are geared to early beginners or spend a lot of time on style (word choice , sentences, pargraphs). The art of fiction speaks to a more advanced amateur. Gardner makes unique observations about writing and give wise advice.
Some main takeaways - fiction is like a dream, you have to keep it going by adding in real details. Fiction is composed in structural units, its not one big breath, its more like a series of excercise. Most of the characters, dialogue and action is obligatory based on other events in the novel. Professional writers always play for keeps - nothing is an exercise unless it doesn't work. Keep mining. You can get away with almost anything with character and action.
Some main takeaways - fiction is like a dream, you have to keep it going by adding in real details. Fiction is composed in structural units, its not one big breath, its more like a series of excercise. Most of the characters, dialogue and action is obligatory based on other events in the novel. Professional writers always play for keeps - nothing is an exercise unless it doesn't work. Keep mining. You can get away with almost anything with character and action.