Why we write -- What is a story? -- What to write about -- Action versus plot -- Characterization -- Dialogue -- How to describe things -- Narration and dramatization -- Point of view and narrative distance -- Style, voice, tone -- Theme -- Fancy stuff -- How writers think -- Necessary roughness: the first draft -- Revising, or should I say rewriting? -- Work habits, or, do I have to? -- Audience -- Writers' ed. -- Careers -- Going public -- Living.
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