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The Secret Miracle: The Novelist's Handbook by Alarcon, Daniel
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- Paperback
- Book Title
- The Secret Miracle
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- ISBN
- 9780805087147
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0805087141
ISBN-13
9780805087147
eBay Product ID (ePID)
77472826
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Secret Miracle : the Novelist's Handbook
Publication Year
2010
Subject
Composition & Creative Writing
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
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0.8 in
Item Weight
3.5 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
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Trade
LCCN
2009-028330
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Reviews
"The miracle of this book resides in the editing, an invisible art itself. There is specific expertise in corralling disparate writers and writing styles, coordinating an array of opinions, and crafting a cohesive narrative out of the jumble. Alarcon has done just this. He dovetails the author responses one after the other like a well-edited film, and the effect is a seamless literary conversation." - Bookslut
Table Of Content
Introduction by Daniel Alarcón 1 The Writers 9 Chapter 1. Reading and Influences 23 Chapter 2. Getting Started 77 Chapter 3. Structure and Plot 133 Chapter 4. Character and Scene 171 Chapter 5. Writing 223 Chapter 6. Revision 273 Chapter 7. The End 303 APPENDIX Mario Bellatin's Answer 331 Aura Estrada's Diagram of The Loser 337 Index of Writers, Artists, Musicians, and Directors Mentioned 341 Acknowledgments 351 About the Editor 353 About 826 National 355
Synopsis
The world's best contemporary writers--from Michael Chabon and Claire Messud to Jonathan Lethem and Amy Tan--engage in a wide-ranging, insightful, and oft- surprising roundtable discussion on the art of writing fiction Drawing back the curtain on the mysterious process of writing novels, The Secret Miracle brings together the foremost practitioners of the craft to discuss how they write. Paul Auster, Roddy Doyle, Allegra Goodman, Aleksandar Hemon, Mario Vargas Llosa, Susan Minot, Rick Moody, Haruki Murakami, George Pelecanos, Gary Shteyngart, Daniel Alarcón, and others take us step by step through the alchemy of writing fiction, answering everything from nuts-and-bolts queries--"Do you outline?"--to perennial questions posed by writers and readers alike: "What makes a character compelling?" From Stephen King's deadpan distinction between novels and short stories ("Novels are longer and have more s**t in them") to Colm Toibin's anti-romanticized take on his characters ("They are just words") to José Manuel Prieto's mature perspective on the anxieties of influence ("Influences are felt or weigh you down more when young"), every page contains insights found nowhere else. With honesty, humor, and elegance, The Secret Miracle gives both aspiring writers and lovers of literature a master class in the art of writing., The world's best contemporary writers--from Michael Chabon and Claire Messud to Jonathan Lethem and Amy Tan--engage in a wide-ranging, insightful, and oft- surprising roundtable discussion on the art of writing fiction Drawing back the curtain on the mysterious process of writing novels, The Secret Miracle brings together the foremost practitioners of the craft to discuss how they write. Paul Auster, Roddy Doyle, Allegra Goodman, Aleksandar Hemon, Mario Vargas Llosa, Susan Minot, Rick Moody, Haruki Murakami, George Pelecanos, Gary Shteyngart, Daniel Alarc n, and others take us step by step through the alchemy of writing fiction, answering everything from nuts-and-bolts queries--"Do you outline?"--to perennial questions posed by writers and readers alike: "What makes a character compelling?" From Stephen King's deadpan distinction between novels and short stories ("Novels are longer and have more s**t in them") to Colm Toibin's anti-romanticized take on his characters ("They are just words") to Jos Manuel Prieto's mature perspective on the anxieties of influence ("Influences are felt or weigh you down more when young"), every page contains insights found nowhere else. With honesty, humor, and elegance, The Secret Miracle gives both aspiring writers and lovers of literature a master class in the art of writing.
LC Classification Number
PN3355.S388 2010
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