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02364aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 626F3D028B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161006010101 008 150911t20162016onc b 001 0 eng 020 $a 0345815947 020 $a 9780345815941 035 $a (OCoLC)922834206 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c NLC $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d CNCAR $d LTSCA $d CN8ML $d EZN $d UAB $d OCLCF $d IUL $d SILO 050 4 $a PN151 S55 2016 100 1 $a Shields, Carol, $e author. 245 10 $a Startle and illuminate : $b Carol Shields on writing / $c edited by Anne Giardini and Nicholas Giardini. 264 1 $a Toronto : $b Random House Canada, $c 2016. 300 $a xxxvi, 198 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-187) and index. 505 0 $a Foreword / Jane Urquhart -- Generosity, Time and Final Advice / Anne Giardini -- Coming to Know My Grandmother through Her Writings / Nicholas Giardini -- Writers Are Readers First -- Myths That Keep You from Writing -- Boxcars, Coat Hangers and Other Devices -- To Write Is to Raid -- Be a Little Crazy; Astonish Me -- What You Use and What You Protect -- Pacing, Passion and Tension -- Where Curiosity Leads -- The Love Story -- The Short Story (and Women Writers) -- Writing What We've Discovered - So Far -- Open Every Question, Every Possibility -- Writing from the Edge -- Be Bold All the Way Through -- From the Letters -- Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Index. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 520 $a Now in her own words, as clear and straightforward as a glass of water, comes the best possible guide to the writing process, from conception to publication. This essential work, drawn by her daughter and grandson from her voluminous correspondence with other writers, essays, notes, comments, criticism and lectures, is a last gift from one of our finest novelists meant for both aspiring and established writers. 600 10 $a Shields, Carol $x Technique. 650 0 $a Authorship. 650 0 $a Reading. 700 1 $a Giardini, Anne, $e editor. 700 1 $a Giardini, Nicholas, $d 1991- $e editor. 776 1 $a Shields, Carol, 1935-2003, author. $t Startle and illuminate. $w (CaOONL)20159064201 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170304032043.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=626F3D028B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search