The kite and the string : how to write with spontaneity and control - and live to tell the tale / Alice Mattison.

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    • Abstract:
      Summary: A targeted and insightful guide to the stages of writing fiction and memoir without falling into common traps, while wisely navigating the writing life, from an award-winning author and longtime teacher.
    • Content Notes:
      Part I: The kite and the string -- 1. Writing with freedom and common sense -- Part II: People taking action -- 2. Imagine -- 3. What to do with a good idea -- 4. Let happenings happen -- 5. Become someone else -- Part III: Stories and books: start to finish -- 6. Recognize stories, envision books -- 7. What killed the queen? and other uncertainties that keep a reader reading -- Part IV: Choosing to speak -- 8. Silence and storytelling -- Part V: Living to tell the tale -- 9. Revising our thought bubbles.
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225) and index.
      2 3 4 5 17
    • ISBN:
      9780525428541
      0525428542
    • Accession Number:
      956316520
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.990663