01629cam a2200313 a 4500001000700000003000800007005001700015007000300032008004100035010001700076020001800093020001500111035001300126035002400139040005500163041000800218050002400226082001000250100002900260245009500289260004600384300002400430505066600454520010001120650002501220650002201245650002501267650002301292108772BJBSDDR20240806101847.0ta090928s2010    nyu           000 0 eng    a  2009039296  a9780393065411  a0393065413  a15924431  a(OCoLC)ocn317919628  aDLCcDLCdYDXdBTCTAdBKLdQBXdDADdVP@dDLCbeng  aeng14aPN 3365bD864l 201000a808.31 aDufresne, John, d1948- 10aIs life like this? : ba guide to writing your first novel in six months /cJohn Dufresne.  aNew York : bW. W. Norton & Co.,  c2010.  a314 pages ;c22 cm.0 aIntroduction
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  aThe author presents a six-month program, arranged by week, to complete a first draft of a novel 0aFictionxAuthorship. 0aCreative writing. 4aAutoria de ficción 4aEscritura creativa