What would Chekhov do?

by John Dufresne

Overview

Writing exercises and prompts for writers in general and for fiction writers in particular. Dufresne addresses the creative process itself and the essential narrative techniques necessary to build compelling stories and novels. The book demystifies the writing process and provides insights and encouragement from an award-winning teacher and fiction writer. If you’ve always wanted to write stories and novels but haven’t had the guidance or the courage to do so yet, then this is the book for you. This is a workbook to carry with you and to use whenever you have the time and the need to write. Think of “What would Chekhov do?” as your Portable Muse.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016029702
Publisher:	Madison Avenue Publishing Inc.
Publication date:	01/24/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	613 KB

About the Author

John Dufresne has won the Yankee Magazine award for fiction, the Transatlantic Review/Henfield Foundation Award, a PEN Syndicated Fiction award. His novel Louisiana Power & Light was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, 1994. He is also the author of two short story collections, The Way That Water Enters Stone and Johnny Too Bad, three chapbooks, Lethe, Cupid, Time and Love; Well Enough Alone; and I Will Eat a Piece of the Roof and You Can Eat the Window and the novels, Love Warps the Mind a Little, also a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, 1997, Deep in the Shade of Paradise, and most recently, Requiem, Mass. He is one of the thirteen authors of the mystery novel, Naked Came the Manatee. His monologue, The Freezer Jesus was produced as part of Native Tongues at Le Chat Noir Theater in New Orleans. He wrote the screenplay for the short film, “The Freezer Jesus” and, with Donald Papy, the feature film To Live and Die in Dixie, both directed by Harper Philbin. His story “Johnny Too Bad,” which originally appeared in Triquarterly, was included in New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, 2003.His story “The Timing of Unfelt Smiles” which originally appeared in Miami Noir, was included in Best American Mystery Stories of 2007. His story “The Cross-Eyed Bear, which originally appeared in Boston Noir,” was selected to appear in as a Best American Mystery Stories of 2010. He edited the short story anthology Blue Christmas. His books on writing, The Lie That Tells a Truth and Is Life Like This? are used in many university writing programs. He’s a professor at Florida International University in Miami, and a 2012 Guggenheim Fellow.