The twenty-four contributors to Creating Fiction--members of the Associated Writing Programs--have won awards such as the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Magazine Award. Now their experience and wisdom can be found in one landmark book. * Learn how to revise and edit from Jane Smiley * Find ways to evoke time and place from Richard Russo * Hear a passionate discussion of the writer's apprenticeship from Charles Johnson * Explore tone and emphasis with Charles Baxter Their sage advice, combined with more than 100 writing exercises, assure that Creating Fiction will engage and delight readers at any level of experience.