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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 | |