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_c$25.95
035 _a(OCoLC)880929778
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100 1 _aCasey, John,
_d1939-,
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aBeyond the first draft :
_bthe art of fiction /
_cJohn Casey.
246 3 0 _aArt of fiction
250 _aFirst editon.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bW.W. Norton & Company,
_c[2014]
264 4 _c©2014
300 _a244 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [239]-241).
505 0 _aPreamble -- Dogma and anti-dogma -- If I were a flower, what kind of flower would I be? -- Justice -- What's funny -- Aristotle -- Things -- Sex and violence -- Me me gab -- Meanwhile back at the ranch -- So alert a language -- In other words -- Neighborhoods -- Childhood reading -- Mentors in general, Peter Taylor in particular.
520 _a"For students and writers alike, a brilliant guide to the craft of writing by the National Book Award-winning author of Spartina. National Book Award winner John Casey is a masterful novelist who is also an inspiring and beloved teacher. In Beyond the First Draft he offers essential and original insights into the art of writing-and rewriting-fiction. Through anecdotes about other writers' methods and habits (as well as his own) and close readings of literature from Aristotle to Zola, the essays in this collection offer "suggestions about things to do, things to think about when your writing has got you lost in the woods." In "Dogma and Anti-dogma" Casey sets out the tried-and-true advice and then comments on when to apply it and when to ignore it. In "What's Funny" he considers the range of comedy from pratfalls to elegant wit. In "In Other Words" he discusses translations and the surprising effects that translating can have on one's native language. In "Mentors" he pays tribute to those who have guided him and other writers. Throughout the fourteen essays there are notes on voice, point of view, structure, and other crucial elements. This book is an invaluable resource for aspiring writers and a revitalizing companion for seasoned ones" --
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aCreative writing.
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650 0 _aFiction
_xAuthorship.
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650 0 _aFiction
_xHistory and criticism.
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650 0 _aFiction
_xTechnique.
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