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" Becoming a writer / "
Dorothea Brande ; foreword by John Gardner
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BL
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698841
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b521030
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| Main Entry
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Brande, Dorothea,1893-1948
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Becoming a writer /\ Dorothea Brande ; foreword by John Gardner
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| Publication Statement
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Los Angeles :: J.P. Tarcher ;Boston :: Distributed by Houghton Mifflin,, [1981]
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186 pages ;; 21 cm
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0874771641
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: 9780874771640
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Reprint of the 1934 ed. published by Harcourt, Brace, New York
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179) and index
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| Contents
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Foreword by John Gardner -- In Introduction -- 1. The four difficulties -- 2. What writers are like -- 3. The advantages of duplicity -- 4. Interlude: On taking advice -- 5. Harnessing the unconscious -- 6. Writing on schedule -- 7. The first survey -- 8. The critic at work on himself -- 9. Readings as a writer -- 10. On imitation -- 11. Learning to see again -- 12. The source of originality -- 13. The writer's recreation -- 14. The practice story -- 15. The great discovery -- 16. The third person, genius -- 17. The writer's magic -- In conclusion: Some prosaic pointers
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Describes a writer's temperament and how to develop a writer's habits, originality, and insight, imitate exemplary works, read critically, and overcome writing difficulties
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Fiction-- Technique
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PN3355.B7 1981
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