| What's it like? |
181 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Helpful notes! |
Includes index. |
| What's it about? |
"Creative writing professor Dinty W. Moore prescribes remedies for the most common stumbling blocks novelists and memoirists encounter when embarking on their writing project"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Extra info! |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-170) and index. |
| What's in it? |
Introduction: Notes from a book doctor -- Part I: Cures -- The story cure: diagnosing problems of the heart -- Your first breath: where story begins -- Prescription for healthy prose: character, dialogue, and setting -- The lifeblood test: scene and sensory detail -- A visit with the throat and eye doctors: voice and point of view -- The strong skeleton: plot and structure -- Part II: Checkups -- Keeping fit: moving from first draft to fifteenth draft -- An apple a day: healthy habits for any writer -- The Book Doctor's final illegible scribbles. |
| Helpful subjects! |
Fiction -- Authorship.
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Fiction -- Technique.
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Autobiography -- Authorship.
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Creative writing.
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Fiction. -- Authorship.
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Fiction. -- Technique.
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| Related To |
Online version: Moore, Dinty W., 1955- Story cure. Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, 2017 9780399578816 (DLC) 2016055182. |
| Special numbers! |
9780399578809 (paperback) |
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0399578803 (paperback) |
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