Displaying 1 of 1 2000 Format: Book Author: Rand, Ayn. Title: The art of fiction : a guide for writers and readers / Ayn Rand ; edited by Tore Boeckmann ; introduction by Leonard Peikoff. Publisher, Date: New York : Plume, ©2000. Description: xii, 180 pages ; 21 cm Summary: Guide for writers and readers. How a writer combines abstract ideas and concrete action to achieve a unity of theme, plot, characterization and style. Subjects: Fiction -- Authorship. Other Author: Boeckmann, Tore. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction / Leonard Peikoff -- Writing and the Subconscious -- Literature as an Art Form -- Theme and Plot -- The Plot-Theme -- The Climax -- How to Develop a Plot Ability -- Concretize Your Abstractions -- Think in Terms of Conflict -- Tap Your Emotions -- Characterization -- Style I: Depictions of Love -- from Atlas Shrugged / Ayn Rand -- from Notre-Dame de Paris / Victor Hugo -- from Of Time and the River / Thomas Wolfe -- from Arrowsmith / Sinclair Lewis -- from Star Money / Kathleen Winsor -- from By Love Possessed / James Gould Cozzens -- Style II: Descriptions of Nature and of New York -- from Atlas Shrugged / Ayn Rand -- from Seven Gothic Tales / Isak Dinesen -- from The Fountainhead / Ayn Rand -- from Atlas Shrugged / Ayn Rand -- from One Lonely Night / Mickey Spillane -- from The Web and the Rock / Thomas Wolfe -- Naturalistic Description -- Analysis of "A Letter on Style" / Sinclair Lewis -- Particular Issues of Style -- Narrative versus Dramatization -- Exposition -- Flashbacks -- Transitions -- Metaphors -- Descriptions -- Dialogue -- Slang -- Obscenities -- Foreign Words -- Journalistic References -- Special Forms of Literature -- Humor -- Fantasy -- Symbolism -- Tragedy and the Projection of Negatives. LCCN: 99035588 ISBN: 0452281547 9780452281547 Other Number: 41488890 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 96038 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 808.3 Rand Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1