About this title: Jon Franklin, an undisputed master of the great American nonfiction short story, shares the secrets of his success. This lively, easy-to-follow guide combines readability and excitement with the best of expository prose and illuminates the techniques that beginning journalists will find to be immensely helpful.
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Date Published: 1994-09-01
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Date Published: 1994-09-01
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Date Published: 1994
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Binding: S Trade Paperback
Publisher: Plume, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PLUME
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780452272958ISBN:0452272955
Description: New. Jon Franklin, an undisputed master of the great American nonfiction short story, shares the secrets of his success. This lively, easy-to-follow guide combines readability and excitement with the best of expository prose and illuminates the techniques... read more
"When you win two Pulitzers, I suppose you are free to enjoy and flaunt an ego the size of a cathedral, and Franklin certainly has one. If you can stomach that and really want to learn how to craft a decent story, this book will be indispensable. Mandatory reading for all would-be writers, even if/especially because it does pain them."
"This book explains better than I've read anywhere how to create a feature story. Many of the principles used here can be applied to fiction writing as well. I thoroughly enjoyed the concepts taught."
"Jon Franklin advises the reader on how to read this book the first time (straight through, like a novel), then again how to re-read. He promises "you won't be bored". Eh....
Franklin is a Pulitzer prize winner for a short non-fiction piece that serves as the center piece for this how-to-be-a-writer tutorial. The Pulitzer is BFD, and the guy is clearly a veteran writer with sheetloads under his mattress, so I have a hard time knocking Franklin. But his works and methods are pure Readers Digest. Now, that may not be a criticism. Many consider RD the pinnacle of living room reading. I think it's mostly contrived melodrama.
But that's sort of thej point really. JF was a pioneer in the genre of non-fiction short story writing. The kind of journalism that tells a story. That's a badge that cannot be taken away from him, but I'm afraid the style and the template with which he works is rigid and slightly dated.
The methods he purports are sound writing advice, especially for the novice"
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