Why I Write Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction

Name: Why I Write Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction
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ISBN: 9780316115926

ISBN-10: 0316115924

ISBN-13: 9780316115926

Edition: 1998

Authors: Will Blythe

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In this anthology, 26 writers illuminate the motivations at the heart of their creative lives in original essays that are as surprising and varied as their fiction. The contributors include Pat Conroy, Norman Mailor, Rick Moody and David Foster Wallace.

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication date: 9/15/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



At the Point of My Pen



Uncanny the Singing That Comes from Certain Husks



Where Does Writing Come From?



I Am a ... Genius!



Some for Glory, Some for Praise



That's What Dogs Do



Stories



Writing and a Life Lived Well: Notes on Allan Gurganus



Easing My Heart Inside



Why the Daily Writing of Fiction Matters



Phobia and Composition



Secret Agent



The Lousy Rider



Writing



For the Money



Why I Write



Everything Else Falls Away



The Nature of the Fun



Why I Write, or Not



The Wolf in the Tall Grass



Rent Retards the Revolution!



The War We Can't Win, We Can't Lose, We Can't Quit



Collecting Myself



Why She Writes



In Silence



Who Is That Man Tied to the Mast?



Notes on Contributors