LEADER 03266nam 2200841Ia 450 001 9910957030103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786610280742 010 $a9781554586943 010 $a1554586941 010 $a9781280280740 010 $a1280280743 010 $a9780889209329 010 $a0889209324 010 $a9781417563180 010 $a1417563184 024 7 $a10.51644/9780889209329 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247077 035 $a(EBL)685646 035 $a(OCoLC)753479503 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000251935 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11939262 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251935 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10175825 035 $a(PQKB)10479950 035 $a0889204551.pdf 035 $a(CaPaEBR)402696 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00323513 035 $a(OCoLC)57226921 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14403 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL685646 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10103848 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL28074 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/bsgvss 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402696 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC685646 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3242182 035 $a(DE-B1597)667873 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780889209329 035 $a(Perlego)1706374 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247077 100 $a20041013d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStranger at the door $ewriters and the act of writing /$fKristjana Gunnars 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWaterloo, Ont. $cWilfrid Laurier University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (136 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780889204553 311 08$a0889204551 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references: p. 117-121. 327 $aThe art of solitude -- The diasporic imagination : writers' perspectives -- The home and the artist -- Transcultural appropriation : problems and perspectives -- Theory and fiction : the mixed bag of postmodern writing -- Writing and silence : the unteachable mystery of words -- On writing short books -- Poetry and the idea of home. 330 $a At the beginning of a new writing project-whether it's the first page of a new novel or a less ambitious project, writers often experience exhilaration, fear, or dread. For Kristjana Gunnars, the call of a new project is ""like someone you don't know knocking on your door-you either choose to let the person in or not. It's both exciting and dangerous to start a new manuscript."" This book is an engagement with that ""stranger"" called writing. Creative or imaginative writing is a complex process that involves more than intellect alone. Writers make use of everything: their sensibi 606 $aCreative writing 606 $aAuthorship 606 $aAuthors 615 0$aCreative writing. 615 0$aAuthorship. 615 0$aAuthors. 676 $a808/.02 686 $a18.04$2bcl 700 $aGunnars$b Kristjana$f1948-$0465017 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957030103321 996 $aStranger at the door$94363791 997 $aUNINA