The writer's quotebook : 500 authors on creativity, craft, and the writing life / compiled, arranged, and edited by Jim Fisher.

Other author Fisher, Jim, 1939-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxii, 239 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Part One: The Creative Process -- 1. Creativity -- 2. Talent -- 3. The Difficulty of Writing -- 4. Why Writers Write -- 5. Writer's Block -- 6. The Writer's Personality -- Part Two: Craft -- 7. Outlining -- 8. Plots and Plotting -- 9. Setting -- 10. Point of View -- 11. Characterization -- 12. Dialogue -- 13. Description -- 14. Style -- 15. Rewriting -- 16. Titles -- Part Three: The Writing Life -- 17. The Writing Life: In General -- 18. Getting Started -- 19. Creative Writing Classes, Workshops, and Writer's Conferences -- 20. Rejection -- 21. Work Habits, Rituals, and Daily Word Quotas -- 22. Money, the Day Job and the Economic Reality of Writing -- 23. Productivity -- 24. Reviews -- 25. Readers -- 26. Literary Awards -- 27. Despair -- 28. Booze -- 29. Hollywood -- 30. Fame -- Sources of Quotations.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index.
LCCN 2005035516
ISBN0813538823 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813538822

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PN6084.A86 W75 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold