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Dufresne, John

 
9780393065411: Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months
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ISBN 10: 0393065413 ISBN 13: 9780393065411
Editorial: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2010

Sinopsis

An experienced novelist injects his sense of humor into helping aspiring writers take their first tentative steps, with a six-month program that offers exercises that are designed to sharpen a writer's command of novel-length storytelling.

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Críticas

"Where the %$#@ was this book when I was writing my first novel? My second? My third? Well, it's here now, and I'm thankful, again, for John Dufresne, who not only teaches us in his brilliant novels and stories, but in these practical guides as well. I'm going to recommend Is Life Like This? to all my students. And friends." -- Tom Franklin, author of Poachers and Hell at the Breach "Is there any living writer who can talk about the art of writing fiction with greater wit, intelligence, precision and wisdom than John Dufresne? I seriously doubt it. His new book belongs on the shelf alongside John Gardner's The Art of Fiction and E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel. I highly recommend it." -- Steve Yarbrough, author of The End of California

Reseña del editor

"Writing a novel," says John Dufresne, "is not as easy as you may have thought before you tried. But it's also not as difficult as you imagined." Dufresne's smart, practical, hard-nosed guide is for the person who has always wanted to write a novel but has been daunted by the sometimes chaotic, always challenging writing process. A patient teacher and experienced writer, Dufresne focuses his expertise and good humor on helping aspiring novelists take their first tentative steps. His six-month program variously calls attention to the key elements of good fiction writing and offers exercises that are designed to sharpen writers' command of novel-length storytelling. After six months of guided writing, the users of this book will finish what might have once seemed impossible-a rich and compelling first draft of a novel. Is Life Like This? may well be the most important addition to the aspiring writer's library.

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Editorial
W W Norton & Co Inc
Año de publicación
2010
Idioma
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ISBN 10 
0393065413
ISBN 13 
9780393065411
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
314
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