The Complete Guide to Writing Fiction [Writer's Digest, hardcover, 1990]

The Complete Guide to Writing Fiction is by Barnaby Conrad and the staff of the Santa Barbara Writers' Conference. This is a volume of speeches given at the conference over many years, including a speech by Tony Hillerman entitled "Dialogue," beginning on page 65. There are many contributions by other very famous writers as well. The volume was published by Writer's Digest Books in 1990. This is a hardcover book with a dust jacket.

• Title Page Transcription:
  the Complete Guide to | WRITING | FICTION | by Barnaby Conrad | and the staff of | the Santa Barbara Writers' Conference | [Writer's Digest Books logo] | Cincinnati, Ohio
• Contents:
  [8] half title, blank, title page, copyright 94 93 92 91 90 5 4 3 2 1 , Permissions/Acknowledgements, Contents (3), [1]-304 text, [305]-309 index, [310-311] advertising, [312] blank
• List of Contents:
  1. Introduction
  2. How Do You Become a Writer?, James Michener
  3. Beginning, William Styron
  4. Characters Will Make Your Story, Herbert Gold
  5. Making Your Characters Work for You, Eudora Welty
  6. Characterization Versus Conflict -- Which Is More Important?, Elmore Leonard
  7. Dialogue, Tony Hillerman
  8. Setting, Paul Erdman
  9. Style and Language, William F. Buckley Jr.
  10. Theme, Thesis, Moral, or Premise, Alice Adams
  11. Show, Don't Tell, Harlan Ellison
  12. Plotting, Tom McGuane
  13. Action and Narrative, Sidney Sheldon
  14. Motivation: What Does He Want, What Does She Want?, Judith Krantz
  15. Selective Detail, John Hersey
  16. Point of View, Martin Cruz Smith
  17. The Obligatory Sex Scene, Jackie Collins
  18. Flashbacks and Plants, Joseph Wambaugh
  19. Endings, Dominick Dunne
  20. Revision, Danielle Steel
  21. Mystery Writing, Martin Cruz Smith
  22. The Right-Brain Experience in Fiction Writing, Tom McGuane
  23. Block That Block!, Danielle Steel
  24. Short Story Versus the Novel, Robert Bloch
  25. Rejection-- and Dejection, Colleen McCullough
  26. Criticism, Jessamyn West
  27. Reading and Writing, Irving Stone
  28. The Selling of the Short Story, Irwin Shaw
  29. The Publishing Business: Marketing the Manuscript
  30. The Be-Getting of an Agent, Ray Bradbury
  31. Publicizing Fiction, Irving Stone
  32. In Conclusion, Irving Stone
  33. Index
• Physical Attributes:
  • Format: Hardcover, 23.5 x 16 cm
  • Binding: Fully bound in blue cloth-covered boards. The title, author name, and publisher logo are embossed on the spine in metallic blue.
  • Collation: [8] [1]-304 [305]-[312]
  • Price: $17.95 USD