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of written work.
Dialogue. Conversation between characters.
Double-line spacing. Leaving a blank line between each type-
written line on a page.
Fiction. A made-up story, not fact.
Flashback. A method of revealing background through snip-
pets of information.
Genre. The literary category into which your work falls.
In-house magazine. Publications produced by companies for
their employees containing items of news about staff and
changes within the organisation.
Interaction. How characters react to the people, settings and
objects around them.
Letter to the editor. Letter intended for publication on a
magazine or newspaper s letters page.
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Location. Where the story is set.
Motivation. The reasons for a character s behaviour and
attitudes.
Mule. Someone who carries concealed drugs through cus-
toms for drug smugglers.
Multiple submission. Sending the same manuscript simulta-
neously to a number of different publishers.
Narrative style. Using a narrator to tell the story.
Non-fiction. Fact.
Outline. Flexible step-by-step plan of a manuscript.
PC. Personal computer.
Piece. An article intended for publication.
Plot. The plan of events running through a story.
Police procedural. A crime novel where the detective is a
police officer.
Political correctness. The requirement that attitudes and
vocabulary in your manuscript are not offensive with
regard to race, sex, creed etc.
Potted history. Brief resume´ of a character s background.
Protagonist. The main character.
Reader identification. Characters and situations which are
instantly recognisable to your intended readership.
Red herring. Clue deliberately implicating the wrong suspect
in a crime story.
Self-publisher. An author who publishes and markets their
own book.
Short story. A work of fiction of less than 10,000 words.
Showing not telling. Using interaction rather than narration
to depict the sequence of events in an article or story.
Slush pile. Collection of unsolicited manuscripts waiting to be
read by an editor or agent.
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Stereotype. A fixed image of specific groups based on age, sex,
race, religion, social status etc.
Stringer. Contributor of items of news to a local newspaper.
Syndication. To offer manuscripts for simultaneous sale to
publications worldwide.
Synopsis. A step-by-step resume´ of a book s story.
Unsolicited manuscript. A manuscript submitted unre-
quested for a publisher or agent s consideration.
Vanity publisher. A company which will agree to publish your
manuscript in return for payment.
Answers toAssignments
CHAPTER 5 ^ SUGGESTEDREWRITE OF SHOWING NOT
TELLING EXERCISE
Original
It had been raining hard for days. Water streamed from the
gutters of every roof, pouring down windows, along pave-
ments, running in fast moving rivulets along each road.
Underneath the streets, torrents of water gushed and gurgled
beneath the feet of the people hurrying along the shiny wet
pavements, pushing and shoving one another in their haste to
get out of the rain. Steel greystorm clouds gathered overhead,
meeting one another head on in preparation for yet another
downpour. It was very, very wet. (85 words)
Rewrite
It was the third time this week Claire has been soaked to the
skin on her way to work and she d had enough. Why, she
wondered, did heavy rain bring out the worst in people? The
way they pushed and shoved, it was as though they believed
they d dissolve if they got too wet. Anxiously, Claire lowered
her umbrella to peer up at the sky. More grey clouds. Not a
hope of a break in the weather. (77 words)
CHAPTER 6 ^ DATE THE SLANG EXPRESSIONS
1. 1920 30s.
2. 1960 70s.
3. 1980 90s.
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