LEADER 02459nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910821148903321 005 20240313122211.0 010 $a1-60938-157-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000332904 035 $a(EBL)1110711 035 $a(OCoLC)824733600 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000820578 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11974565 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820578 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10862111 035 $a(PQKB)10148250 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1110711 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25669 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1110711 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10645235 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000332904 100 $a20120712d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVivid & continuous $eessays and exercises for writing fiction /$fJohn McNally 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (188 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-60938-156-4 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Writing; The Ideal Reader; Subject Matter; Beginnings; Titles; The Narrator's Likeability; Minor Characters; Immediacy; Pop Culture; Humor; Neighborhoods; The Imitative Fallacy; Subtext; Gestation; Humility; Further Reading; Index 330 $aTaking off from The Creative Writer's Survival Guide, John McNally'srelentlessly blunt, bracingly cheerful, and immensely helpful map to being a writer, Vivid and Continuousis an equally blunt, cheerful, and helpful map to learning to be a writer. While acknowledging that many fine books cover such essentials of fiction writing as point of view, characterization, and setting, McNally sets out in this new book-intended as a supplement to beginning fiction-writing classes or as the sole text for upper-level or graduate courses-to solve the tricky second-tier 517 3 $aVivid and continuous 606 $aFiction$xAuthorship 606 $aAuthorship$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aCreative writing$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 615 0$aFiction$xAuthorship. 615 0$aAuthorship 615 0$aCreative writing 676 $a808.3 676 $a808.3 700 $aMcNally$b John$f1965-$01450851 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821148903321 996 $aVivid & continuous$94018881 997 $aUNINA