Is life like this?: a guide to writing your first novel in six months [1st ed] 9780393065411, 0393065413, 9780393338836, 0393338835
“[Dufresne’s] generous, wise, cajoling, stern, and compassionate voice will get you working right away.”—Brad Watson “W
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English Pages 314 pages ; 22 cm Year 2010
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.
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.
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