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The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
by John Gardner
June 21, 2023 - June 26, 2023 (to-read, writing-advice)

Gardner, J. (1991). The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers. Vintage.


Vintage, 1991. 211 pages. Paperback. 9780679734031

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to write with taste
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Sanity in a writer is merely this: However stupid…
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it is the novelist’s reward for thinking carefully
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[...] The novel’s denouement, in other words, is …
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the heart in conflict with itself
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[...] Finally, if anything is to come of the init…
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why it seems to him worth telling
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Theme, it should be noticed, is not imposed on th…
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all great writing achieves some kind of gusto
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Preface

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PART I: Notes on Literary-Aesthetic Theory

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PART I: Notes on Literary-Aesthetic Theory

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1. Aesthetic Law and Artistic Mystery

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Aesthetic Law and Artistic Mystery

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2. Basic Skills, Genre, and Fiction as Dream

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Basic Skills, Genre, and Fiction as Dream

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3. Interest and Truth

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Interest and Truth

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4. Metafiction, Deconstruction, and Jazzing Around

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Metafiction, Deconstruction, and Jazzing Around

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PART II: Notes on the Fictional Process

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5. Common Errors

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6. Technique

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7. Plotting

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