01742cam a2200349 a 4500 108772 BJBSDDR 20240806101847.0 ta 090928s2010 nyu 000 0 eng 2009039296 9780393065411 0393065413 15924431 (OCoLC)ocn317919628 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA BKL QBX DAD VP@ DLC eng eng PN 3365 D864l 2010 808.3 Dufresne, John, 1948- 37789 Is life like this? : a guide to writing your first novel in six months / John Dufresne. New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 2010. 314 pages ; 22 cm. 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 Fiction Authorship. Creative writing. Autoria de ficción 24311 Escritura creativa 2293 lcc BK dpf 78357 78357 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 0 PN 3365 D864l 2010 00000102309 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 BK