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Arboreal Fairy Tale Calvino, Italo (1959). The Baron in the Trees. New York: Random (217 pp). In 1767, a 12-year-old Italian boy climbs a tree and vows never to come down. And he never does. Living the rest of his … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2015
From Where I Dream? Robert Owen Butler wrote an influential how-to book for writers, From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction (2005), in which he emphasized right-brain (non-intellectual) processes. Writers are not (supposed to be) intellectuals, he wrote. … Continue reading
Coruscation Beats Content Eagan, Jennifer. (2011). A Visit From the Goon Squad. New York: Anchor. One of Elmore Leonard’s famous ten rules of writing is: “If it sounds like writing, rewrite it.” Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad is painfully … Continue reading