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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Introduction
Matters of Substance
An Artist Chooses
Characters: Heroes, Villains, & Victims
Situations: General vs. Routine
Inauthentic Writing: Cliché & Convenience
Melodrama & Violence
Deaths: Unearned
Sentimentality & Other Sticky Stuff
Authenticity in Realms of the Absurd
Autobiography: Its Pleasures & Perils
Autobiography: Clutter & Anecdote
Lovers, Parents, & Disappearing Narrators
End Notes
Matters of Structure
Form: No Wine Without the Glass
Plot: The Marriage of Substance & Structure
Point of View: Inhabiting Our Stories
Once Upon a Time: Beginnings
False Starts, Flashbacks, & Framing Devices
Suspense, False & Real: Dispensing Information
Set up & Pay off, Climax & Resolution
Last Thoughts on Structure
End Notes
Matters of Symbol, Myth, & Metaphor
On the Meaning(s) of Things
Titles & What They Tell Us
Streams (& Oceans) of Consciousness
End Notes
Matters of Style
Style: Nutriment, not Condiment
Plainspoken vs. Poetry & Minimalism
Worth Reading Twice: Pedestrian vs. Poetic
Overwriting, Obscurity, & Mannerisms
Tone: Violence, & Heavy Breathing
Tone: Humor, Satire, & Literary Humor
Magic & Anthropomorphism
Some Tense Choices: To Be or Not to Be
Nuts & Bolts 1: Generic vs. Authentic
Nuts & Bolts 2: Dialogue
Nuts & Bolts 3: Sentences
Nuts & Bolts 4: Words & Phrases
Other Stylistic Odds & Ends
End Notes
Matters of Soul
Water Cannot Rise Above Its Source
Starved Egos & Self-Consciousness
Technical Shortcomings
Bad Taste & Where It Comes From
Discipline: Two Kinds
End Notes
Other Matters
Getting Personal
Settings & Atmosphere
Writing Books, Workshops, & Feedback
Self-Confidence & What It Takes
Final Matters: All Our Stories Are in Us
Breaking the Rules
The Truth of Imagination
End Notes
About the Author
Copyright
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