Off the page : writers talk about beginnings, endings, and everything in between /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | New York : W. W. Norton, c2008. |
| Description: | 231 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Interviews. Authors, English -- 20th century -- Interviews. Fiction -- Authorship. Authors, American. Authors, English. Fiction -- Authorship. Interviews. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6667114 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 8. Lovers and Other Strangers: Sex and Love in Literature
- 9. If at First You Don't Succeed...Revise, Revise Again
- 10. Are We There Yet? Knowing When a Novel or Story Is Finished
- 11. The Writing Life: Springs of Hope, Winters of Despair
- 12. Musing About the Muse: How Writers Find Inspiration When It Doesn't Find Them
- 13. Who Reads This Stuff? How Writers Think About Audience-and Reviewers
- 14. Good Writers Borrow, Great Writers Steal: The Writers Whom Writers Love, and Why
- 15. I Knew Him When...When Writers Realized They Were Going to Be Writers
- 16. Words of Wisdom: What Writers Wish Someone Had Told Them
- Authors' Biographies
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- 1. In the Beginning Was...(A) The Word, (B) A Bunch of Words, (C) Not a Single Damned Word
- 2. Haven't I Seen You Somewhere Before? How Characters Come to Life
- 3. What's It All About? The Ideas Behind the Stories
- 4. Truth or Dare? Changing Facts to Make a Story More Real
- 5. Home Is Where the Art Is: How Writers Are Influenced by Place
- 6. All That Jazz: Playing with Language and Style to Suit the Story
- 7. The Long and Short of It: The Differences Between Writing Novels and Writing Short Stories
