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WRITE AWAY

One Novelist’s Approach to

Fiction and the Writing Life

ELIZABETH GEORGE

For Tom and Dannielle,

Making many things possible

Contents

Preface

PART I. AN OVERVIEW OF THE CRAFT

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1. Story Is Character

2. Setting Is Story

3. Nothing Without Landscape

4. Plotting: “It Is the Cause, My Soul”

PART II. THE BASICS

5. Yes, There’s More About Plot. But First…

6. Onward from Idea

7. The Start: Decisions, Decisions

8. As There Is Viewpoint, So Is There Voice

9. Voice: You Gotta Have ’Tude

10. Dialogue: Speak the Speech, If You Will

11. Tricks of the Dialogue Trade

12. The Scene: Okay, So

Rocket Science

PART III. TECHNIQUE

13. Knowledge Is Power, Technique Is Glory

14. Loose Ends

PART IV. PROCESS

15. Baby Steps First

16. The Value of Bum Glue

17. Tidbits from Q & A