Four-time Edgar Award–winning author Lawrence Block’s definitive essay collection on the art of writing fiction For ten years, crime novelist Lawrence Block funneled his wealth of writing expertise into a monthly column for Writer’s Digest. Collected here for the first time are those pieces illuminating the tricks of the authorial trade, from creating vibrant characters and generating seamless plots, to conquering writer’s block and experimenting with self-publishing. Filled with wit and insight, The Liar’s Bible is a must-read for experts, amateurs, and anyone interested in learning to craft…mehr
Four-time Edgar Award–winning author Lawrence Block’s definitive essay collection on the art of writing fiction For ten years, crime novelist Lawrence Block funneled his wealth of writing expertise into a monthly column for Writer’s Digest. Collected here for the first time are those pieces illuminating the tricks of the authorial trade, from creating vibrant characters and generating seamless plots, to conquering writer’s block and experimenting with self-publishing. Filled with wit and insight, The Liar’s Bible is a must-read for experts, amateurs, and anyone interested in learning to craft great fiction from one of the field’s modern masters. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lawrence Block, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.
James Jones (1921–1977) was one of the most accomplished American authors of the World War II generation. He served in the U.S. Army from 1939 to 1945, and was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor as well as the battle for Guadalcanal, where he was decorated with a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Jones’s experiences informed his epic novels From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. His other works include Some Came Running, The Pistol, Go to the Widow-Maker, The Ice-Cream Headache and Other Stories, The Merry Month of May, A Touch of Danger, Whistle, and To the End of the War.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: From They Shall Inherit the Laughter to To the End of the War • 9 Over the Hill • 24 Night Train • 46 Back Home in Endymion • 68 Johnny Meets Sandy • 82 Surely Not the Red Cross • 106 Air Raid • 110 Wild Festivity in Evansville • 124 You Are AWOL • 144 Every Time I Drop an Egg . . . • 150 Stranger in a New Company • 158 Army Politics and Anti-Semitism • 170 He Was a Wop • 196 Notes for the Introduction • 204
Introduction: From They Shall Inherit the Laughter to To the End of the War • 9 Over the Hill • 24 Night Train • 46 Back Home in Endymion • 68 Johnny Meets Sandy • 82 Surely Not the Red Cross • 106 Air Raid • 110 Wild Festivity in Evansville • 124 You Are AWOL • 144 Every Time I Drop an Egg . . . • 150 Stranger in a New Company • 158 Army Politics and Anti-Semitism • 170 He Was a Wop • 196 Notes for the Introduction • 204
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