Writing for the Reader

Finally, a rough-and-ready guide for the practicing prose writer who wants, most of all, to get writing. Writing for the Reader packs in a ton of writing practice. The handbook capitalizes on the commonalities between literary fiction and creative nonfiction to offer practice in 36 craft techniques, all aimed at improving your prose craft. A brief introduction of each technique is followed by examples and prompts. Ideal for the creative writing classroom or the solo writer, this handbook develops and deepens your writing practice.In writing, practice doesn't make you perfect, but it's the only way to get better. I don't think I'm the most talented person on the planet, but I work really hard, you know? And part of what's really hard is I work really hard at getting better at stuff, you know? David Foster Wallace You write by sitting down and writing. There's no particular time or place-you suit yourself, your nature. Bernard Malamud Give everything a cosmic dimension, take your heart in your teeth, write a book. Viktor ShklovskyJEFF P. JONES has distilled two decades of award-winning literary writing and one decade of teaching creative writing into this handbook. His novel Love Give Us One Death won the George Garrett Fiction Prize, and his short story collection Bloodshot Stories won the Sunshot Prose Prize. His other prose has won a Puschcart, as well as the Hackney, Lamar York, Meridian Editors, A. David Scwhartz, and Wabash prizes. He lives on the Palouse. www.jeffpjones.com