Reviews for The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes

The average rating for The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-01-21 00:00:00 Darrell Lubinsky Required reading for my MFA. Feels like a lost chapter from Reading Like a Writer, where we get 70% plot summaries (with spoilers) and then a few sentences of analysis. Some of the examples are good, others aren't. The referenced titles added many books to my to-read pile and the general discussion is deserving. How do writers handle time in fiction? There's some great technique on various approaches. Some moments might benefit from a slower sense of time, for example, while others might benefit from non-chronological storytelling. At the very least, it got me thinking more about time and pacing which I've long-believed are some of the most crucial literary devices available. Overall, wish I'd picked it up from the library and not paid full price, but no regrets.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-11-16 00:00:00 Ford Ruggieri The Art of ... in Fiction is now my favorite series on the craft of writing. Stop with the more generalized How To books written by bestselling or lauded authors like Stephen King or John Gardner and instead look to this series. There are about ten books in it, and each of them delves deeply into one particular element of writing. This installment was on the manipulation of time in fiction. 100+ pages on a critical aspect of writing.