You’ll notice a pattern in this list, and that pattern is: the first chapter serves as an emblem of the whole. It’s got to have a bit of everything. It needs to be representative of the story you’re telling — other chapters deeper in the fat layers and muscle tissue of the st...
Like first dates, the first chapters of classic novels offer exciting, tantalising yet strangely unsatisfying experiences. They introduce you to an emotional world that's different from any you've encountered before. They tell you things, unguardedly, sometimes in a confessional rush, but you can...
M: Okay. I'm done chatting, but I have a couple of chapters to read before bed. (Text 3) M: What would you want to do if you were not working as a lawyer? W: I don't know. Teaching, probably. I like to work with kids. M: Me too. (Text 4) M: Aunt Lucy, can't we ...
Of course, we the readers know these are murders because we have chapters written from the point of view of the murderer. The crimes continue to escalate and it’s a battle between the murderer and the police department to see who will come out on top and if the entire lineup of Hot ...
“Don’t send your work out until it’s as good as your favorite book. Also, there is no one way to write. Many authors are long-winded and later have to chop a lot of words. I write sparingly from beginning to end and then go back and plump up all the chapters. Do what works...
Against the mainstream represented by the foregoing novels, with their emphasis on external reality, stands Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy (1760–67), a rambling nine-volume novel replete with blank pages, digressions, chapters in reverse order, and unconventional punctuation. All of of these li...
(chapters 37–71), however, were found among the Qumrān writings. This has led scholars to theorize that this section was perhaps written in the 2nd centuryadby a Jewish Christian who wished to imbue his own eschatological speculations with the authority of Enoch, and added his work to four...
No wandering around in irrelevant details that sometimes span chapters. Critiquing mostly high-quality writing was very effective, especially with the consistent format of the checklist. About halfway through I started picking up on some of what her analysis found. It’s caused me to see my ow...
Well, I prefer drafting by a fucking mile. Like, it’s not even close. I’d rather write the first draft of ten novels than revise one. But why is that? Let me see if I can explain. It’s important to note that everything I’m about to say is how drafting and revising are fo...
The thesis is divided into seven chapters, the first four of which provide a descriptive account of a set of ideological narratives ('myths') particularly important in the 1850s: (1) self-help, and the myth of the self-made man, as it is... S Dentith 被引量: 0发表: 1980年 XVII....