While this post is geared
toward writers of fiction, the same principles can be applied to memoir and other narrative nonfiction works.
Not exact matches
Most commonly, the term seems to be geared
toward not - yet -
writers who need reassurance and hand - holding for writing the
fiction book -
of - their - heart or the non-
fiction book about their passion.
The self - editing primer provides an in - depth assessment
of your writing style and mechanics, based on the principles
of Self - Editing for
Fiction Writers, by Editorial Department founder Renni Browne and coauthor Dave King, with extensive notes to coach you
toward being a better editor
of your own work.
Non-literary readers have long wondered why readers (and
writers)
of literary
fiction are drawn
toward «certain kinds»
of books, whether they be difficult to read — as in Ulysses by James Joyce — stylistically unique, which can also make them difficult (think Thomas Pynchon) or just plain boring as in... well, I can't name anything, because I happen to enjoy literary
fiction and I DO N'T think it's boring.
Writer, musician, and producer Greg Tate reads from a manifesto, «Kalahari Hopscotch, or Notes
Toward a 20 Volume History
of Black Science
Fiction and Afrofuturism» at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center on Sept. 15, 2012.