Table of Contents
Part 1: Going Wokabout
-Purpose and Plan
-Fevering Forward
-A Multimedia Artist Reflects
-What to Pack
-Three Spiral Paths
-Headwaters
-New Ways for New Days
-Reflections on Publishing from an Agent’s Point of View
-Key Takeout Points
-Learning by Imitation
Part 2: Gaining Perspective
-Introductory Parable
-Live the Map
-Present Tense, Future Tenser?
-Of a Fire in the Mind
-The Basic Writing Point of View
-The Unfortunate Perspective of Regret
-A Critical Point of View
-Found in Translation
-People, Place, and Language
-Race, Language, and Culture
-Public Health, Private Healing
-In Conversation with Leland Cheuk
Part 3: Aerial View
-Introductory Parable
-An Underlying Unity
-The Subject is Always…
-Why Should YOU Write?
-What to Write About
-Imagery
-Subjects / Themes / Premises / Concepts
-Titles
-Characters
-Setting
-Plot
-Voice / Style
-Narrative Perspective
-Conflicts
-Suspense / Surprise
-Tone
-Transitions
-Grammar
-Accuracy & Ethos (Authorial Authority / Credibility)
-Revision
-Well Made Things (Holistic Care)
-Important General Concepts
-What Makes Coherence?
Part 4: Tactical Resources
Quick Think Exercises
Memory Arcade (The Listening Memory Method)
Word Arcade
Part 5: The Writing Program
Poetry
Fiction
Drama (Writing for Performance)
Nonfiction
Part 6: Spiral Mind (Not Yet Arrived)
-Introductory Parable
-Imagination in Context
-Alertness (Alive & Now)
-The Mystery of Memory
-Exercising Memory
-A Welcome Ambush: Join the Surprise Part!
-The General Method
-Some Case Studies: Imagination Performed
Annexes
-From Revision to Evolution
-Seven Essential Points for Writers
-Write About What You Know and Be Confined…
-Truth, Memory, and the Right to Your Own Life
-The Discipline
-Recommended World Reading