Becoming a writer
Book - 1981
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Los Angeles :
J. P. Tarcher
1981.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Reprint of the 1934 edition published by Harcourt, Brace, New York.
- Physical Description
- 186 pages
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
Bibliography: pages 177-179. - ISBN
- 9780874771640
- Foreword
- In Introduction
- 1.. The Four Difficulties
- The Difficulty of Writing at All
- The "One-Book Author"
- The Occasional Writer
- The Uneven Writer
- The Difficulties Not in Technical Equipment
- 2.. What Writers are Like
- Cultivating a Writer's Temperament
- False and Real Artists
- The Two Sides of a Writer
- "Dissociation" Not Always Psychopathic
- Everyday Examples of Dual Personality
- The Slough of Despond
- 3.. The Advantages of Duplicity
- The Process of Story Formation
- The "Born Writer"
- Unconscious and Conscious
- The Two Persons of the Writer
- The Transparent Barrier
- Keep Your Own Counsel
- Your "Best Friend and Severest Critic"
- The Right Recreation
- Friends and Books
- The Arrogant Intellect
- The Two Selves Not at War
- The First Exercise
- 4.. Interlude: On Taking Advice
- Save Your Energy
- Imagination Versus Will in Changing Habits
- Displacing Old Habits
- A Demonstration
- The Right Frame of Mind
- 5.. Harnessing the Unconscious
- Wordless Daydreams
- Toward Effortless Writing
- Double Your "Output"
- 6.. Writing on Schedule
- Engaging to Write
- A Debt of Honor
- Extending the Exercise
- Succeed, or Stop Writing
- 7.. The First Survey
- Reading Your Work Critically
- The Pitfalls of Imitation
- Discovering Your Strength
- A Footnote for Teachers
- 8.. The Critic at Work on Himself
- A Critical Dialogue
- Be Specific in Suggestions
- Correction After Criticism
- The Conditions of Excellence
- Dictating a Daily Regime
- 9.. Readings as a Writer
- Read Twice
- Summary Judgment and Detailed Analysis
- The Second Reading
- Points of Importance
- 10.. On Imitation
- Imitating Technical Excellences
- How to Spend Words
- Counteracting Monotony
- Pick Up Fresh Words
- 11.. Learning to See Again
- The Blinders of Habit
- Causes of Repetitiousness
- Recapturing Innocence of Eye
- A Stranger in the Streets
- The Rewards of Virtue
- 12.. The Source of Originality
- The Elusive Quality
- Originality Not Imitation
- The "Surprise Ending"
- Honesty, the Source of Originality
- Trust Yourself
- "Your Anger and My Anger"
- One Story, Many Versions
- Your Inalienable Uniqueness
- A Questionnaire
- 13.. The Writer's Recreation
- Busmen's Holidays
- Wordless Recreation
- Find Your Own Stimulus
- A Variety of Time-Fillers
- 14.. The Practice Story
- A Recapitulation
- The Contagiousness of Style
- Find Your Own Style
- The Story in Embryo
- The Preparatory Period
- Writing Confidently
- A Finished Experiment
- Time for Detachment
- The Critical Reading
- 15.. The Great Discovery
- The Five-Finger Exercises of Writing
- The Root of Genius
- Unconscious, Not Subconscious
- The Higher Imagination
- Come to Terms with the Unconscious
- The Artistic Coma and the Writer's Magic
- 16.. The Third Person, Genius
- The Writer Not Dual But Triple
- The Mysterious Faculty
- Releasing Genius
- Rhythm, Monotony, Silence
- A Floor to Scrub
- 17.. The Writer's Magic
- X Is to Mind as Mind to Body
- Hold Your Mind Still
- Practice in Control
- The Story Idea as the Object
- The Magic in Operation
- Inducing the "Artistic Coma"
- Valedictory
- In Conclusion: Some Prosaic Pointers
- Typewriting
- Have Two Typewriters
- Stationery
- At the Typewriter: WRITE!
- For Coffee Addicts
- Coffee Versus Mate
- Reading
- Book and Magazine Buying
- Bibliography
- Index