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Sep 22, 2009 | ISBN 9781551993171
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Praise
“Page Fright is a splendid omnibus of why writers write, what keeps them writing, and what happens when they stop (willingly or not).”
— Globe and Mail
“An essential book. . . . Buy it. Read it.”
— Peter C. Newman
“Page Fright is popcorn for the literary-loving mind.”
— Winnipeg Free Press
“Bruce gives readers much to savour . . . you can virtually start anywhere and find something to inspire and fascinate.”
— Ottawa Citizen
“An effervescent new book.”
— National Post
“Entertaining and essential reading for fans of writing.”
— Atlantic Books Today
Table Of Contents
Introduction
1 “Speaking to the Eyes”: Beginnings
2 The Feather Is Mightier Than the Sword
3 Inkwells, Steel Nibs, Billions of Ballpoints
4 The Properly Pointed, Perfectly Portable Pencil
5 The Long Reign of Longhand
6 “First, I Write by Hand. . . .”
7 The Almighty Typewriter. Can You Hear the Rhythm?
8 Hail the Conquering Word Processor
9 Pins, Paste, Scissors, Recorders. The Right Paper, Please
10 Out of Their Mouths Popped Literature
11 Keep Out! Writer at Work
12 To Hide Out, or Greet Life
13 Panoramas, Bare Walls, Strange Habits
14 While Working on It, Shut Up About It. Or Don’t
15 They Wrote Lying Down, Standing Up, Stark Naked
16 Horror Rolls in, “Like Some Poisonous Fogbank”
17 Blocked!
18 “I’m a Drinker With a Writing Problem”
19 The Wrong Stuff
20 Walking the Walk, and Other Steps to Creation
21 Burning Kisses, Animal Magnetism
22 The Daily and Nightly Grind
23 “And How I Get There Is God’s Grace”
24 “We Are Only Telephone Wires”
25 What’s Worse Than Writing? NotWriting
26 From the Great French Hunter of “le Mot Juste“: le Mot Dernier
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
21 Books You’ve Been Meaning to Read
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