{"product_id":"write-on-secrets-to-crafting-better-stories-paperback","title":"Write on: Secrets to Crafting Better Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathy Flann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTAY THIRSTY PRESS PROUDLY PRESENTS: WRITE ON.\u003c\/b\u003eDoes your story refuse to begin, refuse to end, or refuse to fulfill its potential? \u003cem\u003eWRITE ON\u003c\/em\u003e provides guidance for rethinking your approach to writing fiction and nonfiction. With decades of experience teaching at the college level and at over 35 writing conferences, award-winning author Kathy Flann provides illuminating insights and suggestions that every new writer needs, with topics like: Characters Reign Supreme; The Ticking Clock; Suspense vs. Confusion; Moments That Communicate Real Emotion; The Craft of Dialogue; Betraying the Reader; Importance of Voice in Memoir; and, Should Writers Teach. \u003cbr\u003ePerfect for those seeking to become successful, published authors.\u003cbr\u003eKathy Flann's first short story collection, \u003cem\u003eSmoky Ordinary\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Serena McDonald Kennedy Award and was published by Snake Nation Press. A second collection, \u003cem\u003eGet a Grip\u003c\/em\u003e, received the George Garrett Fiction Prize and was published by Texas Review Press. \u003cem\u003eGet a Grip\u003c\/em\u003e won the short story category of The Best Book Awards, The International Book Award, and the National Indie Excellence Award.\u003cbr\u003e Her short stories have appeared in more than 25 journals and anthologies, such as \u003cem\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe North American Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlackbird\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Michigan Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNew Stories from the South\u003c\/em\u003e. A new humor book is forthcoming in 2021 from Running Press, an imprint of Hachette Book Group.\u003cbr\u003eFor five years, Flann served as a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader of creative writing at the University of Cumbria in England. During that time, she also created mini-courses for the BBC's \u003cem\u003eGet Writing\u003c\/em\u003e website and served on the board of the National Association of Writers in Education. After a move to Baltimore, Maryland, she taught creative writing at Goucher College for many years and later at Johns Hopkins University.\u003cbr\u003eFlann has taught at writing conferences, and she has given around 40 readings of her own work at bookstores and festivals in just the past few years. Her advice column for aspiring writers appears regularly in \u003cem\u003eStay Thirsty Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. In addition, she wrote a column about teaching writing for the UK's \u003cem\u003eWriting in Education\u003c\/em\u003e for many years. \u003cbr\u003eShe's been a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sozopol Fiction Seminars in Bulgaria, and Le Moulin a Nef in France, and she has received grants from the Maryland Arts Council and the Baltimore Office of Promotion \u0026amp; the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47327593988345,"sku":"9798678439000","price":14.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/qJntUjWga59798678439000.webp?v=1769581314","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/write-on-secrets-to-crafting-better-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}