About Writing. Samuel R. Delany

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href="#u24acbd79-089f-56a1-910b-c6353731b3ec">Teaching/Writing 63 Thickening the Plot 69 Characters 77 On Pure Storytelling 85 Of Doubts and Dreams 95 After Almost No Time at All the String on Which He Had Been Pulling and Pulling Came Apart into Two Separate Pieces So Quickly He Hardly Realized It Had Snapped, or: Reflections on “The Beach Fire” 107 Some Notes for the Intermediate and Advanced Creative Writing Student 117 Part II FOUR LETTERS Letter to P— 151 Letter to Q— 161 Letter to R— 181 Letter to S— 201 Part III FIVE INTERVIEWS A Para•doxa Interview: Experimental Writing/Texts & Questions 209 An American Literary History Interview: The Situation of American Writing Today 271 A Poetry Project Newsletter Interview: A Silent Interview 299 A Black Clock Interview 311 A Para•doxa Interview: Inside and Outside the Canon 337 Appendix: Nits, Nips, Tucks, and Tips Name, Date, Place 375 Read Widely 377 Grammar and Parts of Speech 377 Sentences 382 Punctuating Dialogue 385 A Final Note on Dialogue 397 Apostrophes 399 Dramatic Structure 400 Excitement, Drama, Suspense, Surprise, Violence 408 Point of View 411 First Person 412 Trust Your Image 415 Write What You Know 417

      Preface and Acknowledgments

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