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by Paula Munier
Writing With Quiet Hands
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Foreword
Introduction
The Consolation Of Story
Putting Words on Paper
They’re Going to Pay Me for This?
Once A Writer …
Part One: Inspiration Meets Craft
Chapter One: A Commitment to Craft
Why Craft Matters
Those Who Commit, Craft
Voluntary Apprenticeship
Chapter Two: The Taming of the Muse
Feeding the Beast
Storming Your Brain
Inspiration on Demand
Chapter Three: Writing as Practice
Showing Up
Taking Your Seat
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Days
Chapter Four: A Voice of Your Own
Creative Imitation
Walking Your Talk
Honesty Rules
Chapter Five: Style and Substance
Now That’s Saying Something
Toning It Up—and Down
Clarity: The Ultimate in Style
Part Two: Pen Meets Paper
Chapter Six: The Construction of Story
Dreaming the Architecture
Framing the Building
Gilding the Genre
Chapter Seven: The Resurrection of Character
Shape-Shifting for Writers
Taking Your Best Shots
Speaking Parts
Chapter Eight: The Engine of Narrative Thrust
Go, Story, Go!
What Now?
Scaring Readers Silly
Chapter Nine: The Grounding of Setting
"Where" Is Everything
Place Settings
Here and Now, There and Then
Chapter Ten: Fun with First Drafts
The Kitchen Sink
Make Your Own Rules: The Plotter
No Rules, No Worries: The Pantser
The Happy Medium: The Plantsers
The Finish Line
Chapter Eleven: The Second-Draft Deep Dive
Theme Weaver
Creating an Image System
Milking the Drama
Coming up for Air
Chapter Twelve: Revision as Ritual
Harnessing Your Inner Critic
When in Doubt, Delete
Principled Polishing
Part Three: Writer Meets World
Chapter Thirteen: Devices and Desire
Keeping the Drama on the Page
Block(ed) Head
The Mindful Art of Distraction
Chapter Fourteen: Good Writers and Good Friends
Sabotage
Support
And the Wisdom to Know the Difference
Chapter Fifteen: Agents and Other Oddities
Consorting with the Frenemy
Pitch, Process, Persist
The “Business” of Publishing
The Business of Promotion
Chapter Sixteen: Wherever You Write, There You Are
(Remember) Why You Write
The Long Haul
You on a Book Cover
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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Dedication
Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Foreword
Introduction
The Consolation Of Story
Putting Words on Paper
They’re Going to Pay Me for This?
Once A Writer …
Part One: Inspiration Meets Craft
Chapter One: A Commitment to Craft
Why Craft Matters
Those Who Commit, Craft
Voluntary Apprenticeship
Chapter Two: The Taming of the Muse
Feeding the Beast
Storming Your Brain
Inspiration on Demand
Chapter Three: Writing as Practice
Showing Up
Taking Your Seat
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Days
Chapter Four: A Voice of Your Own
Creative Imitation
Walking Your Talk
Honesty Rules
Chapter Five: Style and Substance
Now That’s Saying Something
Toning It Up—and Down
Clarity: The Ultimate in Style
Part Two: Pen Meets Paper
Chapter Six: The Construction of Story
Dreaming the Architecture
Framing the Building
Gilding the Genre
Chapter Seven: The Resurrection of Character
Shape-Shifting for Writers
Taking Your Best Shots
Speaking Parts
Chapter Eight: The Engine of Narrative Thrust
Go, Story, Go!
What Now?
Scaring Readers Silly
Chapter Nine: The Grounding of Setting
"Where" Is Everything
Place Settings
Here and Now, There and Then
Chapter Ten: Fun with First Drafts
The Kitchen Sink
Make Your Own Rules: The Plotter
No Rules, No Worries: The Pantser
The Happy Medium: The Plantsers
The Finish Line
Chapter Eleven: The Second-Draft Deep Dive
Theme Weaver
Creating an Image System
Milking the Drama
Coming up for Air
Chapter Twelve: Revision as Ritual
Harnessing Your Inner Critic
When in Doubt, Delete
Principled Polishing
Part Three: Writer Meets World
Chapter Thirteen: Devices and Desire
Keeping the Drama on the Page
Block(ed) Head
The Mindful Art of Distraction
Chapter Fourteen: Good Writers and Good Friends
Sabotage
Support
And the Wisdom to Know the Difference
Chapter Fifteen: Agents and Other Oddities
Consorting with the Frenemy
Pitch, Process, Persist
The “Business” of Publishing
The Business of Promotion
Chapter Sixteen: Wherever You Write, There You Are
(Remember) Why You Write
The Long Haul
You on a Book Cover
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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