The Art of Brevity

Crafting the Very Short Story
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-8263-6473-9
Verlag: University of New Mexico Press

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

With increased compression, every word, every sentence matters more. A writer must learn how to form narratives around caesuras and crevices instead of strings of connections, to move a story through the symbolic weight of images, to master the power of suggestion.

With elegant prose, deep readings of other writers, and scaffolded writing exercises, The Art of Brevity takes the reader on a lyrical exploration of compact storytelling, guiding readers to heighten their awareness of not only what appears on the page but also what doesn't.

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Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Megan Giddings
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Going Long. Going Short.

Chapter 1. Thirteen Ways of Looking at Flash Fiction
Chapter 2. The Freedom of Constraints
Chapter 3. Telling a Story in Fragments
Chapter 4. The Erotics of Brevity
Chapter 5. Context: How Much Is Enough?
Chapter 6. The Fullness of Omission
Chapter 7. White Spaces
Chapter 8. Plotting in Miniature (and with a Slant)
Chapter 9. Writing Characters in Fleeting Profile
Chapter 10. Writing for the Essence
Chapter 11. The Sounds of Silence
Chapter 12. Found Objects, Found Stories
Chapter 13. Story as Collage
Chapter 14. Going Small to Go Big: The Art of Expansion
Chapter 15. Going Small to Go Small
Chapter 16. The Poetics of Brevity
Chapter 17. Is It Poetry or Prose?
Chapter 18. How Short Can You Go?
Chapter 19. The Mot Juste
Chapter 20. The Sentence
Chapter 21. The Paragraph
Chapter 22. The Title
Chapter 23. The "Flash Novel" and the Novella
Chapter 24. Endings

Postscript
One More Postscript
Flashings: Quotes on Writing Short
Appendix. Gleanings from The Art of Brevity

Über Autor(innen)

Grant Faulkner is the executive director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and the cofounder of 100 Word Story. His work has been widely anthologized in flash-fiction collections, and he is the author of several books, including All the Comfort Sin Can Provide, Fissures, and Nothing Short of 100: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story.