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Most of what follows is true : places imagined and real
\"Most of What Follows Is True is an examination of the complex relationship between fact and fiction, between the \"real world\" and the stories we tell to explain the world to ourselves. Drawing on his own experience appropriating historical characters to fictional ends, Michael Crummey brings forward important questions about how writers use history and real-life figures to animate fictional stories. Is there a limit to the liberties a writer can take with the real world? Is there a point at which a fictionalization of history becomes a falsification of history? What responsibilities do writers have to their readers, and to the historical and cultural materials they exploit as sources? Crummey offers thoughtful, witty views on the deep and timely conversation around appropriation.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Spilling ink : a young writer's handbook
After receiving letters from fans asking for writing advice,accomplished authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter joined together to create this guidebook for young writers. The authors mix inspirational anecdotes with practical guidance on how to find a voice, develop characters and plot, make revisions, and overcome writer's block. Fun writing prompts will help young writers jump-start their own projects, and encouragement throughout will keep them at work.
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Genre Worlds
Works of genre fiction are a source of enjoyment, read during
cherished leisure time and in incidental moments of relaxation.
This original book takes readers inside popular genres of fiction,
including crime, fantasy, and romance, to reveal how personal
tastes, social connections, and industry knowledge shape genre
worlds. Attuned to both the pleasure and the profession of
producing genre fiction, the authors investigate contemporary
developments in the field-the rise of Amazon, self-publishing
platforms, transmedia storytelling, and growing global publishing
conglomerates-and show how these interact with older practices,
from fan conventions to writers' groups.
Sitting at the intersection of literary studies, genre studies,
fan studies, and studies of the book and publishing cultures,
Genre Worlds considers how contemporary genre fiction is
produced and circulated on a global scale. Its authors propose an
innovative theoretical framework that unfolds genre fiction's most
compelling characteristics: its connected social, industrial, and
textual practices. As they demonstrate, genre fiction books are not
merely texts; they are also nodes of social and industrial activity
involving the production, dissemination, and reception of the
texts.
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Story Sparks
Find rock-solid story ideas before you start writing Anyone who has been hamster-wheeling a story idea for years or has hundreds of pages exploring various approaches on their hard drive knows that there must be a better way. There is. Young adult novelist Denise Jaden shows exactly how to create the captivating stories that prevent dispiriting wasted time. Busting the \"visitation from the muses\" myth, she shows that inspiration is a skill writers can learn by understanding how story ideas work (or don't), fertilizing the ground for fresh and sound ideas, and moving swiftly through stuck points. Practical and inspiring, Jaden's approach celebrates the imaginative sparks that make innovations of all kinds possible while pinpointing the precise tools writers need to fan their unique creative flames.
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Brave the page : a young writer's guide to telling epic stories
The founders of \"National Novel Writing Month\" offer practical advice on how to organize and commit to writing stories and novels, and includes motivating essays from such popular authors as John Green and Scott Westerfeld.
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Embracing Vocation
Revelations on craft from a foundational scholar of
Cormac McCarthy
Devotees of Cormac McCarthy's novels are legion, and deservedly
so. Embracing Vocation, which tells the tale of his
journey to become one of America's greatest living writers, will be
invaluable to scholars and literary critics-and to the many
fans-interested in his work.
Dianne C. Luce, a foundational scholar of McCarthy's writing,
through extensive archival research, examines the first fifteen
years of his career and his earliest novels. Novel by novel, Luce
traces each book's evolution. In the process she unveils McCarthy's
working processes as well as his personal, literary, and
professional influences, highlighting his ferocious devotion to
both his craft and burgeoning art. Luce invites us to see the
fascinating evolution of an American author with a unique vision
all his own. Until there is a full-on biography, this study, along
with Luce's previous, Reading the World: Cormac McCarthy's
Tennessee Period, is the finest available portrait of an
American genius unfolding.
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