The Lie That Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction - Softcover

Dufresne, John

 
9780393325812: The Lie That Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0393325814 ISBN 13: 9780393325812
Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Finally, a truly creative—and hilarious—guide to creative writing, full of encouragement and sound advice. Provocative and reassuring, nurturing and wise, The Lie That Tells a Truth is essential to writers in general, fiction writers in particular, beginning writers, serious writers, and anyone facing a blank page.John Dufresne, teacher and the acclaimed author of Love Warps the Mind a Little and Deep in the Shade of Paradise, demystifies the writing process. Drawing upon the wisdom of literature's great craftsmen, Dufresne's lucid essays and diverse exercises initiate the reader into the tools, processes, and techniques of writing: inventing compelling characters, developing a voice, creating a sense of place, editing your own words. Where do great ideas come from? How do we recognize them? How can language capture them? In his signature comic voice, Dufresne answers these questions and more in chapters such as "Writing Around the Block," "Plottery," and "The Art of Abbreviation." Dufresne demystifies the writing process, showing that while the idea of writing may be overwhelming, the act of writing is simplicity itself.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John Dufresne is the author of 25 works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including Louisiana Power and Light and Love Warps the Mind a Little. He lives in Florida, where he teaches writing at Florida International University.

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Verlag
WW Norton & Co
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0393325814
ISBN 13 
9780393325812
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
298
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