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The Aspiring Writer's Collection
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From the eVideo
Serendipity, the Muse, and Divine Intervention (5:03)
Amy Tan: Voice and Narrative (3:34)
Amy Tan: Inspiration and Muse (2:10)
Amy Tan: Process and Place in Fiction (4:59)
Finding Characters for Her Novel (8:42)
Coincidences in Writing Her Novel (7:10)
Writer's Logic and Coincidences (2:39)
Meeting Publication Deadlines (4:05)
Meaning and Muses in Tan's Novel (3:14)
Marketing the Short Story (4:41)
Submitting Stories for Publication (3:11)
"The New Yorker"-Style Short Story (2:49)
Handling Rejections as a Writer (3:12)
Resources for Ideas and Submissions (2:07)
Editors: Practices and Limitations (4:01)
Trends in Short Story Writing (6:20)
From Short Fiction to Novels (3:06)
Differences in Writing Genres (2:43)
Entering Writing Contests (2:23)
Online Publishing and Editors (3:36)
Two-Step Process for Publishing (4:17)
How Editors Choose Stories (2:43)
Ideal Length for a Short Story (3:55)
From the eVideo
Importance of Landscape in a Story (2:40)
Fitch: Elements of Landscape (5:43)
Fitch: Three Types of Landscapes (1:42)
Fitch: Making Landscape Real (1:48)
Tools for Creating Landscape (3:40)
Problems in Creating Landscape (6:30)
Overcoming Cliches in Description (5:26)
Landscape: Emotion, Character, and Mood (2:21)
Language of Objects (6:18)
Imagining Landscape (4:22)
Fitch: Landscape in Dialogue (4:27)
Fitch Answers Questions About Writing (2:44)
Hall: Point of View and Voice (5:02)
O'Connor: Point of View and Voice (2:07)
Koch: Point of View and Voice (6:38)
Byrd: Point of View and Perspective (3:11)
Koch: Perspective (2:54)
Hall: Point of View, Character, and Setting (3:11)
O'Connor: Voice and Perspective (2:17)
Koch: Knowing His Characters (2:42)
Byrd: First Person Point of View (1:18)
Hall: Developing Characters (1:47)
O'Connor: Developing Characters (1:17)
Koch: Developing Characters (1:50)
Choosing Point of View (4:32)
Omniscient Point of View (1:54)
From the eVideo
Gill Dennis: Tools for Finding a Story (2:31)
Card Idea #1: Laundry Shoot (9:36)
Card Idea #2: Gill's Friend (8:20)
Significant Irrelevancies (5:44)
Gill Dennis: Writing Teacher (4:25)
Examples of a "Back Story" (7:40)
Johnny Cash's "Back Stories" (7:55)
Gill's Story of Terror #1 (5:28)
Gill's Story of Terror #2 (5:11)
Spiritual Writings (3:16)
Ideas for Lamott's Spiritual Writings (13:22)
Struggles as a Writer (8:37)
When To Share One's Writing (5:38)
Lamott on Tracy Chevalier (6:03)
Completing a Book (3:37)
Writing About Rage (3:43)
Writing About Revenge (3:45)
Lamott: Why Write? (4:40)
From the eVideo
Storytelling and Narrative (4:00)
Al Young: Nature of Language and Silence (3:48)
Al Young: Film and Literature (2:26)
Al Young: Balance of Scene and Summary (2:31)
Al Young: Weaving Scene and Narrative (5:53)
Narrative and Summary (7:07)
Al Young: Scene and Summary in Nonfiction (5:50)
Scene and Summary in "Jasmine" (4:45)
Scene and Summary in "White Oleander" (6:33)
Five Elements of Narrative (7:42)
Example of Time in Narrative (3:03)
Advice to Writers (1:31)
Al Young: Verb Tenses and Silences (2:39)
Influence of Roots in One's Writing (8:24)
Displacement and Writers (6:39)
Influences From Family and Place (3:19)
Going Home: Mark Childress (2:12)
Going Home: Olga Carlisle (3:34)
Going Home: Al Young (3:32)
Going Home: Lynn Freed (3:03)
Going Home: James Brown (1:09)
Writer's Lives: Brown and Freed (3:20)
Writers' Lives: Young and Carlisle (2:19)
Compartmentalizing Writers (7:38)
Writing Advice: Childress and Carlisle (3:01)
Writing Advice: Young, Freed, and Brown (4:22)
elements of (1:13)
From the eVideo
Smith's Definition of the Mystery Genre (5:12)
Embracing the Mystery Genre (5:33)
Big Books vs. Little Books (2:56)
Smith's Five Elements for Mystery Genre (6:52)
Crime Novels: Complex Plots and Plot Ideas (6:06)
Plots, Characters, Fact, and Fiction (2:53)
Setting and Crime Novel Genre (2:56)
Multiple Points of View in Crime Novels (2:37)
Examples of Concept Lines (2:48)
Adair Lara: Memoirs and Desire Lines (4:36)
Adair Lara: Traits of Memoir (4:16)
Adair Lara: The Arc (8:22)
Memoirs: Creative Nonfiction (3:32)
Adair Lara: Reflective Voice, Fact, and Truth (3:07)
Adair Lara: Psychological Insight (3:46)
Adair Lara: Situation and Story in a Memoir (2:50)
Adair Lara: Structure in Writing a Memoir (6:43)
Questions About Memoirs: Part 1 (2:54)
Questions About Memoirs: Part 2 (4:52)
From the eVideo
Approaching and Securing an Agent (4:02)
Agents Elyse Cheney and Julie Barer (5:38)
Agents BJ Robbins and Betsy Amster (7:53)
Process in an Agent's Office (3:47)
Duties of an Agent (7:59)
Types of Agents (6:18)
Workload for Agents (2:46)
Agents and Writers (4:13)
Fees and Unsolicited Manuscripts (4:57)
Agents in the Publishing Industry (2:41)
Nonfiction Book Proposals (3:21)
Duties of Editors and Publishers (3:05)
Agents and Editors (4:34)
Editors and Publishers: Selling a Book (3:49)
Editors Helping Authors (2:40)
Publicists and Author Photographers (4:46)
Publishers' Reputations (1:17)
Publicity and Budgets for Publishing (8:41)
Publishing: The Business Side of the Industry (8:01)
Short Story Collections (5:22)
Self-Publishing (2:05)
From the eVideo
Childress: Themes in Novels and Life (4:16)
Childress Reads From "One Mississippi" (26:49)
Fitch Reads From "Paint It Black" (29:00)
Gold Reads From His Unpublished Work (36:25)
Interview With Author Oakley Hall: Part 1 (4:16)
Interview With Author Oakley Hall: Part 2 (2:26)
Hall's Advice to Writers (2:40)
History of Squaw Valley Community of Writers (1:16)
Hall's Tips to Writing: Part 1 (6:14)
Hall's Tips to Writing: Part 2 (5:27)
Hall's Tips to Writing: Part 3 (7:43)
From the eVideo
Playwriting: A Celebrated Art (0:52)
Choosing a Career as a Playwright (4:00)
Becoming a Successful Playwright (6:19)
Establishing a Writing Routine (6:51)
Ideas: Inspiration for a Play (10:11)
Playwriting and Dialogue (7:38)
Playwriting and Collaboration (5:22)
Structure and Order in a Story (3:49)
Playwriting: Bringing People Together (0:39)
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