Pity the reader : on writing with style
Record details
- ISBN: 1609809629
- ISBN: 9781609809621
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Physical Description:
xii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
print - Edition: A Seven Stories Press first edition.
- Publisher: New York : Seven Stories Press, [2019]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-399). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Advice for everyone on writing anything -- About writing fiction -- Prime mover -- Detouring forward -- Dead ahead -- Breakthrough -- Fear of finding a worthy subject or a dearth of death -- Last word on the prime mover or fear not -- Soul growth -- Sanctuary -- What makes great art or art and soul -- Agents of change -- Writers as teachers or the noblest profession -- Vonnegut in class -- Heft and comfort -- Talent -- Diligence -- Pitfalls -- Methodologism -- Materializations -- Propagation -- Regeneration -- Mother of all pearls -- Beginnings -- Plot -- Character -- Prose, the audial -- Prose, the visual -- Joke biz -- Black humor -- Much better stories: re-vision and revision -- Eeny-meeny-miny-moe or choice -- Making a living -- Caring for your piece in the game -- Farting around in life and art -- Love, marriage, and baby carriage -- Better together or community. |
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Subject: | Fiction Authorship Vonnegut, Kurt Criticism and interpretation Vonnegut, Kurt Anecdotes Vonnegut, Kurt Technique |
Genre: | Anecdotes. |
Available copies
- 12 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Statesville Main Library | 813.54 VON (Text) | 33114018272864 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/02/2024 |