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Writing brave and free : encouraging words for people who want to start writing /

Unlike "how to write" books that dwell on the angst and the agony of the trade, Writing Brave and Free is upbeat and accessible. The focus here is the work itself: how to get started and how to keep going, and never is heard a discouraging word such as "no," "not," or &...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kooser, Ted
Otros Autores: Cox, Steve, 1939-
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006.
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Writing brave and free
  • 2. What's standing in your way?
  • 3. What do you know?
  • 4. Enchanting details
  • 5. No shoulds, no should nots
  • 6. Input and output
  • 7. ten-minute exercise
  • 8. Overcoming obstacles to extended writing
  • 9. Developing the habit of writing
  • 10. Don't forget to read!
  • 11. writer's tools
  • 12. Your clean, well-lighted writing place
  • 13. Relax : the world is resting on your shoulders
  • 14. What reader do you have in mind?
  • 15. Writing for friends and relations
  • 16. Writing for strangers
  • 17. Taking control
  • 18. About your imaginary reader
  • 19. country of memory
  • 20. Writing about one thing
  • 21. Getting organized
  • 22. Sensory detail
  • 23. Suspense
  • 24. size and scope of things
  • 25. sentimental journey
  • 26. Transparency
  • 27. unexpected detail
  • 28. It's a figure of speech
  • 29. Before us on the table
  • 30. Be positive, emphatic, clear, and active
  • 31. Transformative experience
  • 32. Revise and wait
  • 33. Getting advice, taking criticism
  • 34. How publishing works
  • 35. How to get published
  • 36. Self-publishing, electronic publishing, and vanity publishing
  • 37. few observations about copyright
  • 38. Faire use
  • 39. Obtaining permission to quote
  • 40. Protecting your copyright
  • 41. Conveying rights : contracts
  • 42. Libel and invasion of privacy
  • 43. Acknowledgements
  • 44. How to write.