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Alexandria Constantinova Szeman
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Award-winning and critically acclaimed author of THE KOMMANDANT'S MISTRESS and ONLY WITH THE HEART, Alexandria Constantinova Szeman (formerly writing as "Sherri") shows you how to master literary point of view - this time, in all genres - as well as how to manipulate the other essential elements of creative writing, such as urgency, character development, realistic dialogue, effective settings, tasteful erotic & aesthetic violent scenes.
Szeman also provides imaginative exercises for revision, overcoming writer's block, acquiring Voice, and other valuable tips for keeping your readers turning pages.
Illustrative examples are provided in all writing genres, including from fiction writers James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Chris Bojhalian, Stephanie Meyers, Nicholas Sparks, J. K. Rowling, and Charlaine Harris; poets T. S. Eliot, Robert Browning, William Butler Yeats, Sylvia Plath, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Rita Dove, Joy Harjo, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko; playwrights/screenwriters Eugene O'Neill, Elmore Leonard, David Mamet, Samuel Beckett, Tom Stoppard, and Michael Hirst.
This expanded & revised, 10th Anniversary Edition of the original bestseller MASTERING POINT OF VIEW now includes all elements of creative writing necessary to help you improve your craft in all genres, as well as expanded Point of View content. Chapter-ending exercises help you implement the lessons and concepts, while challenging you to explore other genres, both commercial & literary, and to stretch your talent, range, and abilities.
Written by a published novelist, poet, short story writer, non-fiction writer, memoirist, and former University creative writing & world literature Professor, this is the only creative writing book you'll ever need to discover the kind of excellence you can bring to your own work, making it more skillful, compelling, and publishable than ever before.
"This book is a must for anyone that spends any amount of time writing. [Filled with] sage advice that you can expect from author and point of view master, [Alexandria Constantinova] Szeman [formerly writing as "Sherri"] ... Szeman knows everything there is to know about point of view. This is soon going to become your writing bible." - by Stephanie Dickison, from Inside The Cover Book Reviews
"You can't write a novel without mastering point of view. I looked for this book for ... years." -
by Dave Schwinghammer,
Online Book Review
"[You] need to read Mastering Point of View by [Alexandria Constantinova] Szeman [formerly writing as "Sherri"] ...
Mastering Point of View is a comprehensive, simple, clear treatise ...
Every writer owes it to herself to read it at least once. Me, I'm keeping mine right here [on my] desk." -
by Heather Grove,
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