How to write like Chekhov : advice and inspiration, straight from his own letters and work / edited and introduced by Piero Brunello and Lena Lencek ; translated from the Russian and Italian by Lena Lencek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.

Contributor:

Brunello, Piero, 1948-

Lenček, Lena.

Standardized Title:

Selections. English. 2008

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904--Translations into English.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st Da Capo Press ed.

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge, MA] : Da Capo Lifelong, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

?Conciseness is the sister of talent"-and other essential, illuminating observations and advice from Anton Chekhov, one of the most deeply revered writers of all time

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface by Lena Lencek xvii; Introduction by Piero Brunello xix; Introduction by Lena Lencek xxv; PART ONE: THEORY No Plot, No Ending 1; 1. GENERAL QUESTIONS; Why Write?; For Whom Should One Write?; What to Write, How to Write; When and How Much to Write; 2. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS; Truth; Descriptions; Characters; Emotions; What to Avoid; The Company of Writers; PART TWO: DEMONSTRATION Good Shoes and a Notebook 55; 3. THE PROJECT; 4. THE REPORT; Prerequisites; Travel; Observe; Collect Facts; Overcoming Initial Difficulties; Give the Book a Shape; Being Objective; Being Truthful

Insert Yourself into the SceneWriting Advice; Last Things; Acknowledgments 155; Who's Who in Chekhov's Correspondence 157; Afterword by Piero Brunello 169; For Further Reading 183; Notes 187

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-210).

ISBN:

1-281-60754-1

9786613788252

0-7867-2701-2

OCLC:

645692161