101 Best Scenes Ever Written: A Romp Through Literature for Writers and Readers

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Overview

The scenes that you can never forget, the scenes that defined a moment in time, the scenes that we read or watch over and over again are chronicled in this one entertaining book, 101 Best Scenes Ever Written. With each scene, Barnaby Conrad provides insights as to what the author wishes to accomplish with this passage and the literary devices he or she employed. Any avid reader will enjoy Conrad's 101 Best Scenes Ever Written, but countless fledgling and established writers will benefit enormously by sampling and studying these gems from the masters of the written word.

About the Author:
Barnaby Conrad is an O. Henry Prize short story winner, has written 29 books, including the bestsellers, Matador, Dangerfield, and La Fiesta Brava. Born in San Francisco, he served as American Vice Consul in Spain during WWII. He was a bullfighter in Spain, Mexico, and Peru. He worked as secretary to the novelist Sinclair Lewis. He wrote a Playhouse 90 script for John Frankenheimer, the screenplay for Steinbeck's Flight. He is the founder of the prestigious Santa Barbara writers Conference.

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This book thoroughly dissects the basic building block of creative writing: the scene. Building on his own experience as an author of more than 30 fiction and nonfiction books, Conrad (founder & director, Santa Barbara Writer's Conference; Matador) analyzes scenes from works of literature by such luminaries as John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, and Noel Coward, explaining how each scene "works." In the first chapter, he spells out exactly what constitutes a scene; two other chapters focus on specialized scenes for beginnings and endings. Most of the book is arranged topically, with analysis of scenes used for such purposes as action, romance, revenge, betrayal, humor, and horror. This is one of the best self-help books for creative writers to have hit the market in a while. With its plethora of quoted material from great authors and Conrad's own entertaining and accessible writing style, it will hold the attention of general readers—even those not aspiring to write the next great American novel. Highly recommended for public libraries and for academic libraries serving creative-writing programs.
—Alison M. Lewis

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781884956560
  • Publisher: Linden Publishing
  • Publication date: 10/1/2006
  • Pages: 244
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.69 (d)

Meet the Author

Barnaby Conrad is the bestselling author of Matador, Death of Manolete, and 101 Best Beginnings Ever Written, and a contributor for The Writer.

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