Is life like this? : a guide to writing your first novel in six months / John Dufresne.

By:

Dufresne, John, 1948-

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 2010.Description: 314 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9780393065411
0393065413

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DDC classification:

808.3

LOC classification:

PN 3365 D864l 2010

Contents:

Introduction A modest proposal In the beginning were the words Weeks 1 and 2 : this is no memoir; this really happened Weeks 3 & 4 : desperate people ; desperate measures Four gates into the city Week 5 : Give me a place to stand on Noveldom Week 6 : What about what it's about? Week 7 : What's that voice I hear? Weeks 8-11 : This blessed plot Week 12 : A work in progress The shape of things to come Week 13 : Picture this Weeks 14 & 15 : Behind the scenes Week 16 : This and that Weeks 17 & 18 : All the lonely people Weeks 19 & 20 : The plot thickens Weeks 21-24 : Draftsmanship Weeks 25 & 26 : Craftsmanship Now what? What I was reading while I was writing

Summary: The author presents a six-month program, arranged by week, to complete a first draft of a novel

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PN 3365 D864l 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000102309

Introduction
A modest proposal
In the beginning were the words
Weeks 1 and 2 : this is no memoir; this really happened
Weeks 3 & 4 : desperate people ; desperate measures
Four gates into the city
Week 5 : Give me a place to stand on
Noveldom
Week 6 : What about what it's about?
Week 7 : What's that voice I hear?
Weeks 8-11 : This blessed plot
Week 12 : A work in progress
The shape of things to come
Week 13 : Picture this
Weeks 14 & 15 : Behind the scenes
Week 16 : This and that
Weeks 17 & 18 : All the lonely people
Weeks 19 & 20 : The plot thickens
Weeks 21-24 : Draftsmanship
Weeks 25 & 26 : Craftsmanship
Now what?
What I was reading while I was writing

The author presents a six-month program, arranged by week, to complete a first draft of a novel

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