Readers will delight at the best scenes ever written. They will find old favourites and savour scenes new to them. 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 employs. Any avid reader will enjoy this book, but countless fledgling and established writers will benefit enormously by sampling and studying these gems from the masters of the written word.
Barnaby Conrad is the author of more than 30 books, including "101 Best Beginnings Ever Written," "Dangerfield," "The Death of Manolete," "La Fiesta Brava," and "Matador," as well as the screenplay adaptation of John Steinbeck's "Flight." He is the founder of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and a recipient of the O. Henry Prize.