Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer

Filled with helpful advice and hands-on exercises from a host of notable authors, an interactive handbook for aspiring writers includes such highlights as Joyce Carol Oates and Dorothy Allison on how to start a new story, Margot Livesey on emotional depth, Steve Almond on character, and ideas from Tom Robbins, Elizabeth McCracken, Richard Bausch, and others. Original. 20,000 first printing.