TY - BOOK AU - Heffron,Jack TI - The writer's idea workshop: how to make your good ideas great SN - 1582972176 (hbk.) AV - PN 147 H461w 2003 U1 - 808/.02 PY - 2003/// CY - Cincinnati, Ohio PB - Writer's Digest Books KW - Authorship KW - Arte de escribir KW - Autoría N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. 1: You've got an idea. First thoughts about writing and ideas ; A world of ideas ; The idea file ; The water's fine ; Suspended disbelief and other acts of faith -- pt. 2: Evaluating ideas. Stoking the fire ; Exploding the idea ; Reading is fundamental ; Other people's ideas ; Gaining distance ; Letting go ; Ideas for another time -- pt. 3: Idea parts. Mining for diamonds ; Fish or foul? ; People ; You gotta have arc ; Dot the dragon's eye ; The relativity of truth ; Western Union -- pt. 4: Better ideas. Getting started ; Adding ideas ; Stuck in the middle ; Stuck at the end ; When you're stuck in revision ; Beginning again ; Last words and recommendations N2 - Presents strategies for turning good ideas into great fiction and nonfiction stories, explaining how to spark inspiration, develop ideas into a piece of writing, assess the ideas, analyze story elements, and troubleshoot the manuscript. Includes over three hundred prompts ER -