{"product_id":"writing-short-stories-a-writers-and-artists-companion-paperback","title":"Writing Short Stories: A Writers' and Artists' Companion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCourttia Newland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTania Hershman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting Short Stories: A Writers' and Artists' Companion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis an essential guide to writing short fiction successfully.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART 1 explores the nature and history of the form, personal reflections by the editors, and help getting started with ideas, planning and research.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART 2 includes tips by leading short story writers, including: Alison Moore, Jane Rogers, Edith Pearlman, David Vann, Anthony Doerr, Vanessa Gebbie, Alexander MacLeod, Adam Thorpe and Elspeth Sandys.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART 3 contains practical advice - from shaping plots and exploring your characters to beating writers' block, rewriting and publishing your stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCourttia Newland\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven works of fiction. His latest, The Gospel According to Cane, was published in 2013 and has been optioned by Cowboy Films as TV Serial for the BBC. He was nominated for the Impac Dublin Literary Award and The Frank O' Conner award, as well as numerous others. His short stories have appeared in many anthologies and broadcast on Radio 4. He is Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, University of London, UK, and is completing a PhD in Creative Writing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTania Hershman\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer of short and very short stories which have been widely published in print and online and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4. Her first collection, \u003ci\u003e The White Road and other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) was commended, 2009 Orange Award for New Writers. Her second, \u003ci\u003eMy Mother Was An Upright Piano: Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), contains 56 very short fictions and was longlisted for the 2012 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Tania is founding editor of The Short Review, curator-in-chief of UK \u0026amp; Ireland short story hub ShortStops, and regularly teaches workshops on short fiction and using science as inspiration. Her website is www.taniahershman.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52695348347187,"sku":"9781408130803","price":42.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NVFmaDNHb2dhcFVNcWR1a09SMytQQT09.webp?v=1763089117","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/writing-short-stories-a-writers-and-artists-companion-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}