Preface: A Note on Format and Contents Instant Inspiration: A Selection of Quotes on Writing Introduction: Why Do You Write? Chapter One: Advanced Fiction Writing: A Field Guide Craft Terms: A Quick Review Writing-Mind, Morality, and Ethics: Some Big Issues Student Craft Studio: Shannon Baker, "Habits" (See Appendix 1) Craft Studio: Tobias Wolff (1945-), "Bullet in the Brain" (The New Yorker, 1995) Exercises Chapter Two: Getting It Done: From Mind to Page Process Geekout: Notebooks, Drafts, and Getting the Stories Down Real Talk from the Writing-Mind: The Terrain of Risk (part 1): Personal: "Will my mom freak out?" The Terrain of Risk (part 2): Public: Socrates, Orwell, and #metoo The Terrain of Risk (part 3): Collegial: Giving and Receiving Feedback ... Nevertheless, It's Worth It. Exercises Chapter Three: Dreams, Conviction, and Risk "Thrill Me:" Doing A New Thing Starting with the Image - and Following It (Borges, "Inferno 1:32") Tuning In To The Frequency (Tolstaya, "Aspic") Keeping It [Deceptively] Simple (Cheever, "Reunion") Invented Language and the Deliberately Strange (Kingsnorth, The Wake excerpt) A Dream That's Not A Dream (Howland, "A Visit") Micro-Fiction: Six Words, Twenty Minutes, and Tiny Love Stories (Dybek, "Misterioso" and Egan, "To Do") Craft Studio: James Baldwin (1924-1987), "Sonny's Blues" (Partisan Review, 1957) Exercises Chapter Four: Writing In Color: Culture, Identity, and Art Some Starting Points: Keywords and Philosophies But Who Are You? Writing the Other, or Writing in Color Crossing: Who's Done It, and How? Stereotypes: Beyond the "Magical Negro," Tiny Tim, and the Gay Best Friend Writing Across the Aisle: The Political Other Thinking It Through: Some Questions Putting It Into Practice: Techniques for Writing In Color Writing and Crossing: My Experience Student Craft Studio: Levi Bird, "On Stable Ground" Craft Studio: Eudora Welty (1909-2001): "Where Is The Voice Coming From?" (The New Yorker, 1963) Exercises Chapter Five: Where You Stand to Move The World What This Is Really About: Drawing Your Story's Heart Too Close? Too Far? Just Right?: Psychic Distance Who's At The Controls: Writing Point of View Finding Your Platform: Connecting Verb Tense, Psychic Distance, and Point of View Too Much Alike: The Author-Narrator-Character Merge Student Craft Studio: Andrew Tiede, "Till Death" Craft Studio: Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), "The Yellow Wall-paper" (The New England Magazine, 1892) Chapter Six: Building A World on the Page -And In Your Reader's Mind Theory of Mind and Writerly Mirroring Starting the IV Drip: How Information Enters the Story Worldbuilding: Fantasy, Dystopia, and History Building Alternate Worlds on the Page: Some Practical Tips "A Shared Emotional Genealogy:" You And Your Character Research for Writers; or, Feeding Mary Shelley Why Are You Hurting Me?: Violence and Fiction Student Craft Studio: Joel Murillo, "Cracker Jack" Craft Studio: Deborah Eisenberg (1945-), "Window" (2007) Exercises Chapter Seven: When, Where, and How: Structure, Chronology, and Meaning Committing to the Moment: Fully Inhabiting Your Scene - and Your Story Where Are We?: Writing the Physical World Raising Stakes and Significance Moving Through Time: Structure, Section Breaks, and the Time-Travel Graph Driving or Spinning Your Wheels?: Through-Lines, Scene-Relationships, and Narrative Momentum Framing and Multiple Narrators: What Really Works, and What You Really Need Student Craft Studio: Kari Myers, "Fields of Ash" Craft Studio: Charles Dickens (1812-1870), from Great Expectations (1861) Chapter Eight: Writing at Length: Linked Stories, Novels, and Beyond Letting Go of Old Work: Who Are You Now? Beyond the Short Story: Longer Forms (Collections, novel-in-stories, novellas) The Novel: Form, Complication, and "Novel Time" Exercises Chapter Nine: Revision at Length Issues and Evasions: What's Really Going On Here? Revision in Any Form: Some Common Problems Exercises Chapter Ten: What's Next For Your Work? Getting Out There: Finding Communities and Companions Writers' Conferences: The Best Summer Camps Self-Professionalizing: AWP, the Internet, and Beyond Submitting Short Stories to Journals Designing A Collection Finishing A Book Finding An Agent Finding A Publisher Give Yourself A Hand - And Start Again Recommended Reading Bibliography Index
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