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Glimmer Train Guide to Writing Fiction Volume 1: Building Blocks: Volume 1: Building Blocks

by Susan Burmeister Brown

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Survey Our Literary Landscape From the Open Window of Glimmer Train

Many writing books offer instruction and inspiration, but never before has one pulled back the curtain and laid bare before you the joys, frustrations, struggles, and achievements of the literary life–as experienced by more than one hundred accomplished writers. In excerpts from interviews conducted over a sixteen-year period and preserved by the editors of the highly respected literary quarterly Glimmer Train Stories and its supplement Writers Ask, contemporary writers who rarely discuss their craft present you with eye-opening techniques, diverse perspectives, and genuine encouragement–the kind of wisdom earned only from years at the writing desk.

Julia Alvarez, Edwidge Danticat, Robert Olen Butler, Sandra Cisneros, Andre Dubus, Ernest Gaines, Jamaica Kincaid, Antonya Nelson, Tim O'Brien, Ann Patchett, Annie Proulx, Tobias Wolff

The voices of these authors and many others resonate from the pages–sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking, but always illuminating. A thorough treatment of craft and accessibility to engaging authors make Building Blocks–the first volume in this exquisite new series–the perfect guidebook for your writing life.

Book News Annotation:

Rather than providing step-by-step instructions, this guide to writing is based on interviews conducted over a 16-year period and preserved by the editors of the literary quarterly Glimmer Train Stories and its newsletter Writers Ask. The interviewees are successful contemporary authors, such as Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Andre Dubus and Tobias Wolff, who candidly discuss every aspect of their craft. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Top-Notch Writing Advice from Today's Premiere Writers
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781582974460
Author:
Burmeister Brown, Susan
Publisher:
Writers Digest Books
Editor:
Burmeister-Brown, Susan
Editor:
Swanson-Davies, Linda B.
Author:
Burmeister-Brown, Susan
Author:
Editors of Glimmer Train
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Writing Skills
Subject:
Authors
Subject:
Fiction -- Authorship.
Subject:
Reference/Writing
Copyright:
2006
Publication Date:
20061131
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
444
Dimensions:
7.26x5.32x1.35 in. 1.37 lbs.
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