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| Preface to the Instructor | |
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| Invitation to the Writer | |
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| You ... | |
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| ... and writing ... | |
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| ... and reading ... | |
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| ... and this book ... | |
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| ... and your journal ... | |
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| ... and your workshop | |
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| The Elements of Craft | |
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| Image | |
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| Image and Imagination | |
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| Concrete, Significant Details | |
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| Figures of Speech | |
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| Readings | |
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| Creative Nonfiction | |
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| "The Giant Water Bug" | |
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| "The Ring of Time" | |
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| Fiction | |
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| "The Diamond Mine" | |
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| Poems | |
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| "The Hawk in the Rain" | |
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| "Snow Day" | |
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| "Facing It" | |
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| "Naming of Parts" | |
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| Drama | |
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| Her Deer Story | |
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| Voice | |
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| Your Voice | |
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| Persona | |
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| Character Voice | |
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| Point of View | |
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| Readings | |
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| Creative Nonfiction | |
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| "Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self" | |
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| "A Note About Allen Tate" | |
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| Fiction | |
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| "Sitting With the Dead" | |
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| Poems | |
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| "Black Hair" | |
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| "Ginkgo Tree" | |
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| "Kong Looks Back on His Tryout With the Bears" | |
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| "Father" | |
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| "The Language of Bees" | |
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| Drama | |
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| French Fries | |
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| Character | |
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| As Desire | |
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| As Image | |
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| As Voice | |
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| As Action | |
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| As Thought | |
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| As Presented by the Author | |
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| As Conflict | |
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| Stock and Flat Characters | |
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| Readings | |
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| Creative Nonfiction | |
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| "The Inheritance of Tools" | |
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| Fiction | |
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| "Interpreter of Maladies" | |
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| Poems | |
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| "I Knew a Woman" | |
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| "Stonecarver" | |
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| "To Aunt Rose" | |
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| "One Flesh" | |
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| "Life Cycle of Common Man" | |
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| Drama | |
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| Brother | |
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| Setting | |
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| As the World | |
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| As a Camera | |
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| As Mood and Symbol | |
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| As Action | |
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| Readings | |
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| Creative Nonfiction | |
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| "At the Dam" | |
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| "A Wind from the North" | |
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| Fiction | |
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| "The School" | |
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| Poems | |
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| "At Navajo Monument Valley Tribal School" | |
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| "Earthmoving Malediction" | |
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| "Trials of a Tourist" | |
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| "Nude Interrogation" | |
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| Drama | |
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| The Philadelphia | |
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| Story | |
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| As a Journey | |
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| As a Power Struggle | |
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| As Connection and Disconnection | |
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| Readings | |
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| Creative Nonfiction | |
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| "Red Sky in the Morning" | |
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| Fiction | |
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| "Missing" | |
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| "The Story" | |
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| Poems | |
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| "A Story About the Body" | |
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| "Columbine High School/Littleton, CO" | |
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| "Short Story" | |
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| "Woodchucks" | |
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| "The Hammock" | |
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| Drama | |
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| The Battle of Bull Run Always Makes Me Cry | |
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| Development and Revision | |
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| Developing a Draft | |
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| Structuring | |
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| Research | |
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| Revision | |
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| Editing | |
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| The Workshop | |
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| Examples | |
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| First and final drafts of "One Art" | |
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| The Opening of Indian Dancer: A Revision Narrative | |
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| Growing "Four Tangerines" | |
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| The Genres | |
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| Creative Nonfiction | |
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| The Essay and Creative Nonfiction | |
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| Memoir and the Personal Essay | |
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| Techniques of Creative Nonfiction | |
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| Fact and Truth | |
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| Readings | |
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| "The Female Body" | |
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| "Do He Have Your Number, Mr. Jeffrey?" | |
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| "Interlude" | |
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| "The Knife" | |
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| Creative Nonfiction Format | |
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| Fiction | |
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| Story and Plot | |
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| Scene and Summary | |
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| Backstory and Flashback | |
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| Text and Subtext | |
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| Readings | |
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| "Snow" | |
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| "Story" | |
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| "A Clean, Well-lighted Place" | |
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| "Bigfoot Stole My Wife" | |
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| Fiction Format | |
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| Poetry | |
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| Free Verse and Formal Verse | |
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| Imagery, Connotation, and Metaphor | |
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| Density and Intensity | |
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| Prosody, Rhythm, and Rhyme | |
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| Readings | |
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| "Stillborn" | |
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| "The Grammar Lesson" | |
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| "Annus Mirabilis" | |
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| "Fathers" | |
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| "Black Silhouettes of Shrimpers" | |
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| "The Pardon" | |
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| "The Language of the Brag" | |
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| "Dream Song 14" | |
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| Poetry Format | |
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| Drama | |
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| The Difference Between Drama and Fiction | |
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| Sight: Sets, Action, Costumes, Props | |
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| Sound: Verbal and Nonverbal | |
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| Some Notes on Screenwriting | |
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| Readings | |
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| Duet for Bear and Dog | |
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| Gas | |
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| Removing the Head | |
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| Eukiah | |
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| Drama Format | |
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| A Basic Prosody | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |