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  • Non-fiction
  • 2024
  • First edition.

Truth is the arrow, mercy is the bow

a DIY manual for the construction of stories

Steve Almond

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"In Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow, Steve Almond employs the radical empathy he displayed as co-host (with Cheryl Strayed) of the podcast Dear Sugars to explore the joys and trials of storytelling, and to explode the myths that hold us back from writing our deepest and truest work. The book includes chapters on plot, character, and chronology, but travels far beyond the earnest intentions of most craft books. It includes essays on humor, sex, writer's block, and the dividends of failure, as well as prompts to generate new work and a rollicking Frequently Asked Questions section. You'll never think about writing the same way again"--

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Title Statement Truth is the arrow, mercy is the bow: a DIY manual for the construction of stories / Steve Almond.
Author Almond, Steve
Publication New York: Zando,2024.
Edition First edition.
Extent of Item xx, 234 pages ;
ISBN 9781638931300 (trade paperback)
Other Number pr07538071
Contents Part I. Demystifying the craft .Arranging incidents --Make them round, make them deep --A wrinkle in time --Getting the reader in the car --Every story needs a teller --Part II. Source materials.On the varieties of obsession and its necessity as an engine of literature --Crushing it --Funny is the new deep --Run howling toward the doubt --How to write sex scenes without shame --Part III. Meditations.Writer's block : a love story --Adventures in workshop land --The man at the top of the stairs --The price of entitlement --Truth is the arrow, mercy is the bow --Part IV. FAQ.
Summary "In Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow, Steve Almond employs the radical empathy he displayed as co-host (with Cheryl Strayed) of the podcast Dear Sugars to explore the joys and trials of storytelling, and to explode the myths that hold us back from writing our deepest and truest work. The book includes chapters on plot, character, and chronology, but travels far beyond the earnest intentions of most craft books. It includes essays on humor, sex, writer's block, and the dividends of failure, as well as prompts to generate new work and a rollicking Frequently Asked Questions section. You'll never think about writing the same way again"--
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Creative ability
Creative writing
Storytelling
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