From where you dream : the process of writing fiction / Robert Olen Butler ; edited, with an introduction by Janet Burroway,

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Butler, Robert Olen, author.

Contributor:

Burroway, Janet, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction--Authorship.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (8 hr.))

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

Old Saybrook : Tantor Media, 2023.

[Old Saybrook, Connecticut] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2023.

System Details:

audio file

Summary:

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author "shares his insights into-and passion for-the creation and experience of fiction with total openness" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Robert Olen Butler, author of Perfume River, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, and A Small Hotel, teaches graduate fiction at Florida State University-his version of literary boot camp. In From Where You Dream, Butler reimagines the process of writing as emotional rather than intellectual and tells writers how to achieve the dream space necessary for composing honest, inspired fiction. Proposing that fiction is the exploration of the human condition with yearning as its compass, Butler reinterprets the traditional tools of the craft using the dynamics of desire. Offering a direct view into the mind and craft of a literary master, From Where You Dream is an invaluable tool for the novice and experienced writer alike. "Incisive and provocative, Butler's tutorials are a must for anyone even thinking about writing fiction, and readers, too, will benefit from his passionate exhortations."--Booklist

Participant:

Narrator: Robert Olen Butler.

Notes:

Unabridged.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9781705232156

1705232159

OCLC:

1374171973