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Author:   Kris Saknussemm
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9780367691738

ISBN 10:   0367691736
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   31 March 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Going Wokabout -Purpose and Plan -Fevering Forward -A Multimedia Artist Reflects -What to Pack -Three Spiral Paths -Headwaters -New Ways for New Days -Reflections on Publishing from an Agent’s Point of View -Key Takeout Points -Learning by Imitation Part 2: Gaining Perspective -Introductory Parable -Live the Map -Present Tense, Future Tenser? -Of a Fire in the Mind -The Basic Writing Point of View -The Unfortunate Perspective of Regret -A Critical Point of View -Found in Translation -People, Place, and Language -Race, Language, and Culture -Public Health, Private Healing -In Conversation with Leland Cheuk Part 3: Aerial View -Introductory Parable -An Underlying Unity -The Subject is Always… -Why Should YOU Write? -What to Write About -Imagery -Subjects / Themes / Premises / Concepts -Titles -Characters -Setting -Plot -Voice / Style -Narrative Perspective -Conflicts -Suspense / Surprise -Tone -Transitions -Grammar -Accuracy & Ethos (Authorial Authority / Credibility) -Revision -Well Made Things (Holistic Care) -Important General Concepts -What Makes Coherence? Part 4: Tactical Resources Quick Think Exercises Memory Arcade (The Listening Memory Method) Word Arcade Part 5: The Writing Program Poetry Fiction Drama (Writing for Performance) Nonfiction Part 6: Spiral Mind (Not Yet Arrived) -Introductory Parable -Imagination in Context -Alertness (Alive & Now) -The Mystery of Memory -Exercising Memory -A Welcome Ambush: Join the Surprise Part! -The General Method -Some Case Studies: Imagination Performed Annexes -From Revision to Evolution -Seven Essential Points for Writers -Write About What You Know and Be Confined… -Truth, Memory, and the Right to Your Own Life -The Discipline -Recommended World Reading

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Kris Saknussemm received a B.A. with Distinction from Dartmouth College, double majoring in English and Native American Studies. He holds an M.A. from the University of Washington where he was the Robertson Fellow. His first novel Zanesville was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award and has gone on to be a cult favorite in translation in Russia and Poland. His novel Private Midnight achieved bestseller status in France and Italy. His work The Memory Wound won First Prize in the Missouri Review Audio Play competition, and the film of his published play The Humble Assessment (which was the featured work at the Las Vegas Fringe Festival and has also been staged in Australia and Sweden) has been screened at 17 international festivals, including two of the world’s most prestigious LGBTQ events. His short fiction has won First Prize in the Boston Review Short Story Contest and First Prize in the River Styx Short Short Fiction Contest. In poetry, he has won Australia’s Newcastle Poetry Prize and the Mary Gilmore Award. His journalism has appeared in over 300 newspapers and magazines worldwide. His professional photography has appeared in many publications. Two fine arts books of his paintings and visual art have been published in France.

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