Janet Burroway

Written for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and playwrights, Imaginative Writing explores the elements of craft (Image, Voice, Character, Setting, Story, and Development and Revision) and includes writing exercises in each chapter.

At first apalled by the Arizona desert town of Bowie, transplanted easterner Eleanor Poindexter is soon seduced by its primitive landscape and its inhabitants.

During the rehearsals of her ex-husband, Boyd's play--which comes to a comically tragic end--costume designer Shaara Soole becomes a reluctant ally of Boyd's new and much younger wife, Wendy.

A cumulative rhyme recounts the efforts of a circus troop to move their stranded circus truck off the railroad track.

Janet Burroway's son, Tim Eysselinck, was a U.S. Army captain with Ranger and Airborne training. He left the Army to continue serving his country as a private contractor in Iraq, removing mines for a private company. Two months after quitting his job and returning home, he killed himself. Burroway's memoir brings readers a candid and personal story of a family's grieving.

Collects essays and poems by women authors discussing their writing lives and how they achieved success despite the status quo, offering advice for aspiring writers.

The most widely used and respected text in its field, Writing Fiction, 7e by novelists Janet Burroway and Elizabeth Stuckey-French guides the novice story writer from first inspiration to final revision by providing practical writing techniques and concrete examples. Written in a tone that is personal and non-prescriptive, the text encourages students to develop proficiency through each step of the writing process, offering an abundance of exercises designed to spur writing and creativity. The text also integrates diverse contemporary short stories in every chapter in the belief that the reading of inspiring fiction goes hand-in-hand with the writing of fresh and exciting stories.