Introduction
“Nothing is real until I have written about it.”1
Writing is a matchless way to discover and express the currents in your life. This book will show you that you have a unique creative identity and a stock of your own moving stories to tell. Its guidance should be liberating and exhilarating, and you won’t have to face characters that refuse to come alive, plots that fizzle, or story ideas that seem derivative.
Use this book solo as a self-help guide, as a classroom text, or as the inspirational core in an informal writers’ group. Its discussions and workout assignments will show you where to find the ideas you haven’t yet had. Along the way, you will become familiar with what a working writer feels, thinks, and does.
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