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Preface to the Instructor | xv | |
Invitation to the Writer | xx | |
You ... | xx | |
... and writing ... | xxi | |
... and reading ... | xxii | |
... and this book ... | xxii | |
... and your journal ... | xxiii | |
... and your workshop | xxvi | |
Part I | The Elements of Craft | |
Chapter 1 | Image | 2 |
Image and Imagination | 3 | |
Concrete, Significant Details | 7 | |
Metaphor and Simile | 11 | |
Essays | 14 | |
"The Giant Water Bug" | 14 | |
From A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius | 15 | |
Fiction | 19 | |
"Sister Godzilla" | 19 | |
"Car Crash While Hitchhiking" | 26 | |
Poems | ||
"The Hawk in the Rain" | 31 | |
"The Haunted Ruin" | 32 | |
"Facing It" | 33 | |
"The Surface" | 34 | |
"How to Use This Body" | 35 | |
"Why Regret?" | 36 | |
Drama | 37 | |
Act Without Words | 37 | |
The Drummer | 40 | |
Chapter 2 | Voice | 42 |
Your Voice | 44 | |
Persona | 45 | |
Character Voice | 47 | |
Point of View | 49 | |
Essays | 55 | |
From Angela's Ashes | 55 | |
"Invitation to a Transformation" | 63 | |
Fiction | 64 | |
"In the Kindergarten" | 64 | |
"The School" | 72 | |
Poems | 74 | |
"Order in the Streets" | 74 | |
"Black Hair" | 75 | |
"Hawk Roosting" | 76 | |
"Kong Looks Back on His Tryout with the Bears" | 77 | |
"Father" | 78 | |
"A Mown Lawn" | 79 | |
"The Language of Bees" | 80 | |
Drama | 82 | |
from Talking With ... Handler and French Fries | 82 | |
Chapter 3 | Character | 86 |
As Desire | 87 | |
As Image | 89 | |
As Voice | 91 | |
As Action | 94 | |
As Thought | 96 | |
As Presented by the Author | 97 | |
As Conflict | 98 | |
Essay | 99 | |
"The Inheritance of Tools" | 99 | |
Fiction | 106 | |
"Ysrael" | ||
Poems | 115 | |
"I Knew a Woman" | 115 | |
"Stonecarver" | 116 | |
"My Brother's Work" | 116 | |
"Old man Hansen comes in at ten to" | 117 | |
"One Flesh" | 118 | |
"Old Men Playing Basketball" | 118 | |
"Portrait of a Writer" | 119 | |
Drama | 121 | |
Brother | 121 | |
Chapter 4 | Setting | 128 |
As the World | 130 | |
As a Camera | 133 | |
As Mood and Symbol | 136 | |
As Action | 137 | |
Essays | 139 | |
"At the Dam" | 139 | |
"Landscape and Narrative" | 141 | |
Fiction | 147 | |
"Snow" | 147 | |
Poems | 156 | |
"Deer Ghost" | 156 | |
"Earthmoving Malediction" | 157 | |
"Vacation" | 158 | |
"Nude Interrogation" | 158 | |
"Advice From the Extractor" | 159 | |
Drama | 161 | |
Dutchman | 161 | |
Chapter 5 | Story | 178 |
As a Journey | 179 | |
As a Power Struggle | 181 | |
As Connection/Disconnection | 183 | |
Essay | 190 | |
"Red Sky in the Morning" | 190 | |
Fiction | 194 | |
"Missing" | 194 | |
"Worry" | 201 | |
Poems | 202 | |
"A Story About the Body" | 202 | |
"Digging for China" | 202 | |
"Short Story" | 203 | |
"Woodchucks" | 204 | |
"The Hammock" | 205 | |
"Vita Nova" | 206 | |
Drama | 208 | |
The Battle of Bull Run Always Makes Me Cry | 208 | |
Chapter 6 | Development and Revision | 216 |
Developing a Draft | 218 | |
Revision and Editing | 222 | |
The Workshop | 226 | |
Examples | 229 | |
First and final drafts of "One Art" | 229 | |
"The Opening of Time Lapse: a revision narrative" | 231 | |
Developing Scene | 237 | |
Undrafting | 238 | |
Line Editing | 239 | |
Part II | The Genres | |
Chapter 7 | Essay | 242 |
Kinds of Essay | 244 | |
Essay Techniques | 247 | |
Fact and Truth | 251 | |
Readings | 254 | |
"The Female Body" | 254 | |
"Those Words That Echo ... Echo ... Echo Through Life" | 257 | |
"The Knife" | 261 | |
"Belongings" | 268 | |
Chapter 8 | Fiction | 272 |
Story and Plot | 273 | |
Scene and Summary | 276 | |
Backstory and Flashback | 278 | |
Text and Subtext | 281 | |
Readings | 283 | |
"The Diamond Mine" | 283 | |
"Your Fears Are Justified" | 289 | |
"Mockingbird" | 290 | |
"It's Water, It's Not Going to Kill You" | 291 | |
"Tomorrow's Bird" | 302 | |
Chapter 9 | Poetry | 306 |
Free Verse and Formal Verse | 308 | |
Imagery, Connotation, and Metaphor | 310 | |
Density and Intensity | 312 | |
Prosody, Rhythm, and Rhyme | 316 | |
Readings | 322 | |
"Stillborn" | 322 | |
"The Grammar Lesson" | 323 | |
"The Poet, Trying to Surprise God" | 323 | |
"Like This Together" | 324 | |
"Romantic, at Horseshoe Key" | 326 | |
"Locking Yourself Out, Then Trying to Get Back In" | 327 | |
"Prose Poem" | 328 | |
"Black Silhouettes of Shrimpers" | 329 | |
"Repetition" | 330 | |
"Ghazal" | 331 | |
"The Language of the Brag" | 332 | |
"Dream Song 14" | 333 | |
"My Uncle Guillermo Speaks at His Own Funeral" | 334 | |
Chapter 10 | Drama | 336 |
The Difference Between Drama and Fiction | 337 | |
Sight: Sets, Action, Costumes, Props | 339 | |
Sound: Nonverbal and Verbal | 342 | |
Some Notes on Screenwriting | 347 | |
Readings | 349 | |
The Road to Ruin | 349 | |
Duet for Bear and Dog | 357 | |
Gas | 362 | |
Eukiah | 367 | |
The Philadelphia | 371 | |
Appendix A | Collaborative Exercises | 379 |
Appendix B | Formats | 387 |
1. | Prose fiction and nonfiction | 387 |
2. | Poetry | 387 |
3. | Drama | 387 |
Appendix C | A Basic Prosody | 393 |
Glossary | 401 | |
Index | 407 |
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