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You don't have to write about what you know, he says; write what you can imagine. Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. Cleaver claims that teachers who tell you to do it one way or the other are telling you not how you work best, but how they work best. --Jane Steinberg]]> 2002 2 1 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 26 13:46:22 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 22 05:11:26 -0700 2008 2559424 161714 225007 0312302762 9780312302764 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982m/225007.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982s/225007.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225007.Immediate_Fiction_A_Complete_Writing_Course 3.97 35 Immediate Fiction. 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Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. Cleaver claims that teachers who tell you to do it one way or the other are telling you not how you work best, but how they work best. --Jane Steinberg]]> 2002 1 0 false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Mar 02 00:48:03 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 00:57:32 -0800 2009 79868153 284982 1292342 031228716X 9780312287160 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182544177m/1292342.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182544177s/1292342.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1292342.Immediate_Fiction_A_Complete_Writing_Course 2.50 2 Immediate Fiction. Cleaver allows that talent is needed to win a National Book Award, say, but otherwise, any of us can do it. All we need is the ability to "develop and exercise sadistic license." The operative word is conflict. As Cleaver puts it, "Happy lives make lousy novels.... If the characters are having a good time, the reader is not." He takes the mystery out of fiction writing. You don't have to write about what you know, he says; write what you can imagine. Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. 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The method detailed in this book seems really solid. He lays out the basic tools of writing, offers many writing exercises, and has ...more...]]> 48003821 908225 225007 0312302762 9780312302764 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982m/225007.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982s/225007.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225007.Immediate_Fiction_A_Complete_Writing_Course 3.97 35 Immediate Fiction. Cleaver allows that talent is needed to win a National Book Award, say, but otherwise, any of us can do it. All we need is the ability to "develop and exercise sadistic license." The operative word is conflict. As Cleaver puts it, "Happy lives make lousy novels.... If the characters are having a good time, the reader is not." He takes the mystery out of fiction writing. You don't have to write about what you know, he says; write what you can imagine. Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. Cleaver claims that teachers who tell you to do it one way or the other are telling you not how you work best, but how they work best. --Jane Steinberg]]> 2002 0 0 false Mon Mar 02 09:56:23 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 09:56:31 -0800 2009 40117384 953760 225007 0312302762 9780312302764 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982m/225007.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982s/225007.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225007.Immediate_Fiction_A_Complete_Writing_Course 3.97 35 Immediate Fiction. Cleaver allows that talent is needed to win a National Book Award, say, but otherwise, any of us can do it. All we need is the ability to "develop and exercise sadistic license." The operative word is conflict. As Cleaver puts it, "Happy lives make lousy novels.... If the characters are having a good time, the reader is not." He takes the mystery out of fiction writing. You don't have to write about what you know, he says; write what you can imagine. Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. Cleaver claims that teachers who tell you to do it one way or the other are telling you not how you work best, but how they work best. --Jane Steinberg]]> 2002 5 0 false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 14 20:05:30 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 04 21:46:08 -0800 2009
Too many good tips to list here, but one of the best was that just like actor's get stage fright, writers get blocked...more...]]> 67813923 2297007 225007 0312302762 9780312302764 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982m/225007.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982s/225007.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225007.Immediate_Fiction_A_Complete_Writing_Course 3.97 35 Immediate Fiction. Cleaver allows that talent is needed to win a National Book Award, say, but otherwise, any of us can do it. All we need is the ability to "develop and exercise sadistic license." The operative word is conflict. As Cleaver puts it, "Happy lives make lousy novels.... If the characters are having a good time, the reader is not." He takes the mystery out of fiction writing. You don't have to write about what you know, he says; write what you can imagine. Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. Cleaver claims that teachers who tell you to do it one way or the other are telling you not how you work best, but how they work best. --Jane Steinberg]]> 2002 4 0 false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 18:09:09 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 06:19:13 -0700 2009 39345079 637980 225007 0312302762 9780312302764 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982m/225007.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982s/225007.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225007.Immediate_Fiction_A_Complete_Writing_Course 3.97 35 Immediate Fiction. Cleaver allows that talent is needed to win a National Book Award, say, but otherwise, any of us can do it. All we need is the ability to "develop and exercise sadistic license." The operative word is conflict. As Cleaver puts it, "Happy lives make lousy novels.... If the characters are having a good time, the reader is not." He takes the mystery out of fiction writing. You don't have to write about what you know, he says; write what you can imagine. Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. 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Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. Cleaver claims that teachers who tell you to do it one way or the other are telling you not how you work best, but how they work best. --Jane Steinberg]]> 2002 3 0 false Sun Nov 30 17:20:46 -0800 2008 Sun May 03 12:29:05 -0700 2009 81093596 2053597 225007 0312302762 9780312302764 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982m/225007.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982s/225007.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225007.Immediate_Fiction_A_Complete_Writing_Course 3.97 35 Immediate Fiction. Cleaver allows that talent is needed to win a National Book Award, say, but otherwise, any of us can do it. All we need is the ability to "develop and exercise sadistic license." The operative word is conflict. As Cleaver puts it, "Happy lives make lousy novels.... If the characters are having a good time, the reader is not." He takes the mystery out of fiction writing. You don't have to write about what you know, he says; write what you can imagine. Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. 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Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. Cleaver claims that teachers who tell you to do it one way or the other are telling you not how you work best, but how they work best. --Jane Steinberg]]> 2002 0 0 false Tue Dec 01 14:59:31 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 14:59:31 -0800 2009 78994865 2894762 225007 0312302762 9780312302764 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982m/225007.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982s/225007.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225007.Immediate_Fiction_A_Complete_Writing_Course 3.97 35 Immediate Fiction. Cleaver allows that talent is needed to win a National Book Award, say, but otherwise, any of us can do it. All we need is the ability to "develop and exercise sadistic license." The operative word is conflict. As Cleaver puts it, "Happy lives make lousy novels.... If the characters are having a good time, the reader is not." He takes the mystery out of fiction writing. You don't have to write about what you know, he says; write what you can imagine. Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. 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Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. Cleaver claims that teachers who tell you to do it one way or the other are telling you not how you work best, but how they work best. --Jane Steinberg]]> 2002 3 0 false Tue Nov 10 15:27:39 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 15:27:39 -0800 2009 76010435 2864845 225007 0312302762 9780312302764 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982m/225007.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982s/225007.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225007.Immediate_Fiction_A_Complete_Writing_Course 3.97 35 Immediate Fiction. Cleaver allows that talent is needed to win a National Book Award, say, but otherwise, any of us can do it. All we need is the ability to "develop and exercise sadistic license." The operative word is conflict. As Cleaver puts it, "Happy lives make lousy novels.... If the characters are having a good time, the reader is not." He takes the mystery out of fiction writing. You don't have to write about what you know, he says; write what you can imagine. Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. 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Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. Cleaver claims that teachers who tell you to do it one way or the other are telling you not how you work best, but how they work best. --Jane Steinberg]]> 2002 0 0 false Thu Sep 24 09:45:25 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 09:45:34 -0700 2009 66989818 2169723 225007 0312302762 9780312302764 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982m/225007.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172857982s/225007.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225007.Immediate_Fiction_A_Complete_Writing_Course 3.97 35 Immediate Fiction. Cleaver allows that talent is needed to win a National Book Award, say, but otherwise, any of us can do it. All we need is the ability to "develop and exercise sadistic license." The operative word is conflict. As Cleaver puts it, "Happy lives make lousy novels.... If the characters are having a good time, the reader is not." He takes the mystery out of fiction writing. You don't have to write about what you know, he says; write what you can imagine. Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. 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Don't fret if you can't find large chunks of time to write. Start with five minutes on weekdays and 20 on weekends, and you'll have 100 to 300 pages by year's end. Perhaps most refreshing about Cleaver's approach is the lack of directives. Some writing instructors demand that you work with an outline; others forbid it. Cleaver claims that teachers who tell you to do it one way or the other are telling you not how you work best, but how they work best. --Jane Steinberg]]> 2002 0 0 false Fri Jul 31 09:57:30 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 08:16:09 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=225007