August 2010
Beginner
192 pages
3h 37m
English
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Notes
Opening Quote
Clouse, Barbara Fine. Working It Out: A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993. p. 17.
Chapter 1. Try Easy
Kriegel, Robert J., and Louis Patler. If It Ain’t Broke … Break IT!—and Other Unconventional Wisdom for a Changing Business World. New York: Warner Books, 1991. p. 61.
Chapter 2. Write Fast and Continuously
Bradbury, Ray. Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius within You. New York: Bantam Books, 1990. p. 13.
Chapter 3. Work against a Limit
Palahniuk, Chuck. “13 Writing Tips” at http://chuckpalahniuk.net/workshop/essays/chuck-palahniuk.
Chapter 4. Write the Way You Think
Macrorie, Ken. Writing to Be Read, Revised Third Edition. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2006. pp. 207–213.
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