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Off the Page

Writers Talk About Beginnings, Endings, and Everything In Between

By Carole Burns (Editor), Marie Arana (Preface)

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| Paperback | 9780393330885

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A guide where today's best writers reveal their secrets.

How do writers approach a new novel? Do they start with plot, character, or theme? A. S. Byatt starts with color. E. L. Doctorow begins with an image. In Off the Page, authors tell us how they work, giving insight into their writContinue

A guide where today's best writers reveal their secrets.

How do writers approach a new novel? Do they start with plot, character, or theme? A. S. Byatt starts with color. E. L. Doctorow begins with an image. In Off the Page, authors tell us how they work, giving insight into their writing process. Gathered from some of today's best writers—Paul Auster, Martin Amis, Gish Jen, Dan Chaon, Alice McDermott, and many others interviewed on washingtonpost.com's "Off the Page" series—host Carole Burns has woven their wisdom into chapters illuminating to any writer or reader. How does place influence authors? How do they make a sex scene work? How do they tell when the work is done? Walter Mosley defying genre; Shirley Hazzard on love; Michael Cunningham on compassion: these and more from Richard Ford, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Charles Baxter will deepen your appreciation for the art of writing and excite you to try new ways of writing yourself.

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  • Old slang’s time

    The other day, I was standing outside a Turkish restaurant in east London when a passerby asked me if I had any chips. I said I didn’t, even though I was hazy about what he had in mind. Surely it was nothing to do with gambling or potatoes? Later, I ... (read full critics)

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  • Writers writing about writing - advice for writers and writers yet to be.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 192 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0393330885
  • ISBN-13: 9780393330885
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton
  • Pub date: Dec 10, 2007
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
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