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by John Dufresne

Provocative and reassuring, nurturing and wise, The Lie That Tells a Truth is essential to writers in general, fiction writers in particular . John Dufresne is the author of elevenprevious books, including three fiction writing guides.
Provocative and reassuring, nurturing and wise, The Lie That Tells a Truth is essential to writers in general, fiction writers in particular, beginning writers, serious writers, and anyone facing a blank page. Nikki Vanry, Bookriot. Frank and friendly talk about the approach to and the craft of fictio. welcome companion. Dufresne makes it all good fun, from first to last, from guggle to zatch. A professor in the MFA program at Florida International University, he lives in Dania Beach.
John Dufresne, teacher and the acclaimed author of Love Finally, a truly creative-and hilarious-guide to. .
John Dufresne, teacher and the acclaimed author of Love Finally, a truly creative-and hilarious-guide to creative writing, full of encouragement and sound advice. Provocative and reassuring, nurturing and wise, The Lie That Tells a Truth is essential to writers in general, fiction writers in particular, beginning writers, serious writers, and anyone facing a blank page. John Dufresne, teacher and the acclaimed author of Love Warps the Mind a Little and Deep in the Shade of Paradise, demystifies the writing process.
John Dufresne, an acclaimed novelist and teacher, demystifies the writing process. The ideal writer's companion, The Lie That Tells a Truth shows that while the idea of writing may be overwhelming, the act of writing is simplicity itself.
John Dufresne, teacher and the acclaimed author of Love Warps the Mind a Little and Deep in the Shade of Paradise, demystifies the writing process.
In Dufresne's book, you will find valuable information about pre-writing, writing, and revision along with the . com User, January 10, 2004
In Dufresne's book, you will find valuable information about pre-writing, writing, and revision along with the thoughts of writers such as Flannery O'Connor, John Gardner, and Caryll Phillips. Read especially "Sitting Alone In a Quiet Room" and his "Ten Commandments of Writing Fiction. com User, January 10, 2004. John Dufresne's "The Lie That Tells A Truth" is one of the best books on writing that I own, rivaling even Steven King's "On Writing.
John Dufresne (born January 30, 1948) is an American author of French Canadian descent born in Worcester, Massachusetts Dufresne published a fourth novel, Requiem, Mass
John Dufresne (born January 30, 1948) is an American author of French Canadian descent born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester State College in 1970 and the University of Arkansas in 1984. He is a professor in the Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing program of the English Department at Florida International University Contents. 2 Plays and screenplays. 3 References Dufresne published a fourth novel, Requiem, Mass
John Dufresne, teacher and the acclaimed author of Love Warps the Mind a Little and Deep in the Shade of Paradise, demystifies the writing process
John Dufresne, teacher and the acclaimed author of Love Warps the Mind a Little and Deep in the Shade of Paradise, demystifies the writing process.
John Dufresne is the author of elevenprevious books, including three fiction writing guides.
Provocative and reassuring, nurturing and wise, The Lie That Tells a Truth is essential to writers in general, fiction writers in particular, be. Louisiana Power Light.
"This is the most practical, hard-nosed, generous, direct, and useful guide to writing fiction." ―Brad Watson
Finally, a truly creative―and hilarious―guide to creative writing, full of encouragement and sound advice. Provocative and reassuring, nurturing and wise, The Lie That Tells a Truth is essential to writers in general, fiction writers in particular, beginning writers, serious writers, and anyone facing a blank page.
John Dufresne, teacher and the acclaimed author of Love Warps the Mind a Little and Deep in the Shade of Paradise, demystifies the writing process. Drawing upon the wisdom of literature's great craftsmen, Dufresne's lucid essays and diverse exercises initiate the reader into the tools, processes, and techniques of writing: inventing compelling characters, developing a voice, creating a sense of place, editing your own words. Where do great ideas come from? How do we recognize them? How can language capture them? In his signature comic voice, Dufresne answers these questions and more in chapters such as "Writing Around the Block," "Plottery," and "The Art of Abbreviation." Dufresne demystifies the writing process, showing that while the idea of writing may be overwhelming, the act of writing is simplicity itself.