The Mak1ng of a Stor y The Making of a Story A NORTON GUIDE TO CREATIVE WRITING Alice LaPlante W W

The Mak1ng of a Stor y The Making of a Story A NORTON GUIDE TO CREATIVE WRITING Alice LaPlante W W. Norton & Company NewYork • London Copyright © 2007 by Alice LaPlante Since this page cannot legibly accommodate all the copyright notices, pages 659?3 constitiute an extension of the copyright page. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First Edition For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110 Manufacturing by R.R. Donnelley, Bloomsburg Division Book design by Charlotte Staub Production manager: Julia Druskin Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data LaPlante, Alice, 1958- The making of a story : a Norton guide to creative writing I Alice LaPlante. - 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-393-06164-2 (hardcover) 1. English language-Rhetoric-Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. English language-Style-Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Creative writing-Handbooks, manuals, etc. 4. Report writing-Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title. PE1408.L31887 2007 808'.042--