Table of contents : Introduction -- A modest proposal -- In the beginning were the words -- Weeks 1 and 2 : this is no memoir this really happened -- Weeks 3 & 4 : desperate people desperate measures -- Four gates into the city -- Week 5 : Give me a place to stand on -- Noveldom -- Week 6 : What about what it's about? -- Week 7 : What's that voice I hear? -- Weeks 8-11 : This blessed plot -- Week 12 : A work in progress -- The shape of things to come -- Week 13 : Picture this -- Weeks 14 & 15 : Behind the scenes -- Week 16 : This and that -- Weeks 17 & 18 : All the lonely people -- Weeks 19 & 20 : The plot thickens -- Weeks 21-24 : Draftsmanship -- Weeks 25 & 26 : Craftsmanship -- Now what? -- What I was reading while I was writing.