Acetylene Torch Songs is a guidebook for writers who want their honesty, social engagement, and intimacy to reach beyond the page and transform the lives of readers with searing, indelible, and unquenchable words.
Acetylene Torch Songs is a guidebook for writers who want their honesty, social engagement, and intimacy to reach beyond the page and transform the lives of readers with searing, indelible, and unquenchable words.
Sue William Silverman is an award-winning memoirist, essayist, and poet of eight books, including Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey through Sexual Addiction (made into a Lifetime TV movie) and How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences (Nebraska, 2020). She teaches in the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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The Hammer Overture Part 1. Lighting the Flame 1. “Body and Soul”: Writing Fiery, Holistic Prose 2. “Thanks for the Memory”: Bringing the Past to Life 3. “Ghost Riders in the Sky”: Writing What Haunts You 4. “Behind the Mask”: On Revealing the Sequined Self 5. “Voices inside My Head”: The Multitudinous Sounds of Voice 6. “The Long and Winding Road”: Some Thoughts on Narrative Structure 7. “Come Together”: Strategies to Craft an Essay Collection Part 2. Feeling the Flame 8. “Respect”: Confessional Writing as Resistance 9. “You Don’t Own Me”: On Writing Controversial or Disturbing Literature 10. “Do You Want to Know a Secret?”: I Love Confessional Writing 11. “Look through Any Window”: Memoir with a View Bonus Tracks Sue’s EZ Rules to Write By On Trifles: Things You Might Not Think to Write About AfterWord Acknowledgments Appendix 1. Deconstructed Essay Appendix 2. Additional Writing Prompts Appendix 3. Strategies to Write a Query Letter Appendix 4. Two Sample Book Proposals Appendix 5. A List of Useful Websites Brief Notes on Chapter Titles Notes
The Hammer Overture Part 1. Lighting the Flame 1. “Body and Soul”: Writing Fiery, Holistic Prose 2. “Thanks for the Memory”: Bringing the Past to Life 3. “Ghost Riders in the Sky”: Writing What Haunts You 4. “Behind the Mask”: On Revealing the Sequined Self 5. “Voices inside My Head”: The Multitudinous Sounds of Voice 6. “The Long and Winding Road”: Some Thoughts on Narrative Structure 7. “Come Together”: Strategies to Craft an Essay Collection Part 2. Feeling the Flame 8. “Respect”: Confessional Writing as Resistance 9. “You Don’t Own Me”: On Writing Controversial or Disturbing Literature 10. “Do You Want to Know a Secret?”: I Love Confessional Writing 11. “Look through Any Window”: Memoir with a View Bonus Tracks Sue’s EZ Rules to Write By On Trifles: Things You Might Not Think to Write About AfterWord Acknowledgments Appendix 1. Deconstructed Essay Appendix 2. Additional Writing Prompts Appendix 3. Strategies to Write a Query Letter Appendix 4. Two Sample Book Proposals Appendix 5. A List of Useful Websites Brief Notes on Chapter Titles Notes
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