The Kite And The String How To Write With Spontaneity And Control And Live To Tell The Tale Mattison by Mattison, Alice, Author instant download after payment.

xxii, 234 pages ; 22 cm, A targeted and insightful guide to the stages of writing fiction and memoir without falling into common traps, while wisely navigating the writing life, from an award-winning author and longtime teacher, Includes index, Part I: The kite and the string -- 1. Writing with freedom and common sense -- Part II: People taking action -- 2. Imagine -- 3. What to do with a good idea -- 4. Let happenings happen -- 5. Become someone else -- Part III: Stories and books: start to finish -- 6. Recognize stories, envision books -- 7. What killed the queen? and other uncertainties that keep a reader reading -- Part IV: Choosing to speak -- 8. Silence and storytelling -- Part V: Living to tell the tale -- 9. Revising our thought bubbles, Includes bibliographical references and index