"An honest, engaging guide with lessons every writer, at any stage, will benefit from." —Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize–winning author

Gotham Writers' Workshop has mastered the art of teaching the craft of writing in a way that is practical, accessible, and entertaining. Now the techniques of this renowned school are available in this book.

Writing Fiction includes:
The fundamental elements of fiction craft—character, plot, point of view, etc.—explained clearly and completelyKey concepts illustrated with passages from great works of fictionThe complete text of "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver—a masterpiece of contemporary short fiction that is analyzed throughout the bookExercises that let you immediately apply what you learn to your own writingAnd much more
Written by Gotham Writers' Workshop expert instructors and edited by Dean of Faculty Alexander Steele, Writing Fiction offers the same methods and exercises that have earned the school international acclaim.

Once you've read—and written—your way through this book, you'll have a command of craft that will enable you to turn your ideas into effective short stories and novels.

You will be a writer.