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The creative writer's survival guide [electronic resource]

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The Creative Writer's Survival Guide is a must-read for creative-writing students and teachers, conference participants, and aspiring writers of every stamp. Directed primarily at fiction writers but suitable for writers of all genres, John McNally's guide is a comprehensive, take-no-prisoners blunt, highly idiosyncratic, and delightfully subjective take on the writing life.

Title The creative writer's survival guide [electronic resource] : advice from an unrepentant novelist / John McNally.
Publisher Iowa City : University of Iowa Press
Creation Date 2010
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content The decision to become a writer -- Education and the writer -- Getting published -- Publicity -- Employment for writers -- The writer's life.
Extent 1 online resource (290 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010711453505171
MARC RECORDS
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