The Story Cure: A Book Doctor's Pain-Free Guide to Finishing Your Novel or Memoirfinishing your novel or memoir

A collection of cures for writer's block, plotting & characterization issues, & other ailments writers face when completing a novel or memoir, prescribed by the director of creative writing at Ohio University.People want to write the book they know is inside of them, but they run into stumbling blocks that trouble everyone from beginners to seasoned writers. Drawing on his years of teaching at both the university level & at writing workshops across the country, Professor Dinty W. Moore dons his book-doctor hat to present an authoritative guide to curing the issues that truly plague writers at all levels. His hard-hitting handbook provides inspiring solutions for diagnoses such as character anemia, flat plot, & silent voice, & is peppered with flashes of Moore's signature wit & unique take on the writing life.Dinty W. Moore is the founder & editor of Brevity & is the director of Ohio University’s BA, MA, & PhD in creative writing programs. He has authored various books of literary nonfiction as well as textbooks & craft guides, most notably Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy, & his memoir, Between Panic & Desire, won the GrubStreet National Book Prize. Moore has been published in Harpers, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Utne Reader, Salon, Okey-Panky, the Southern Review, the Georgia Review, & the Los Angeles Review of Books. He is a frequent speaker & teacher at writers’ conferences. A collection of cures for writer's block, plotting and characterization issues, and other ailments writers face when completing a novel or memoir, prescribed by the director of creative writing at Ohio University. People want to write the book they know is inside of them, but they run into stumbling blocks that trouble everyone from beginners to seasoned writers. Drawing on his years of teaching at both the university level and at writing workshops across the country, Professor Dinty W. Moore dons his book-doctor hat to present an authoritative guide to curing the issues that truly plague writers at all levels. His hard-hitting handbook provides inspiring solutions for diagnoses such as character anemia, flat plot, and silent voice, and is peppered with flashes of Moore's signature wit and unique take on the writing life. Creative Writing Professor Dinty W. Moore Prescribes Remedies For The Most Common Stumbling Blocks Novelists And Memoirists Encounter When Embarking On Their Writing Project-- Introduction: Notes From A Book Doctor -- Part I: Cures -- The Story Cure: Diagnosing Problems Of The Heart -- Your First Breath: Where Story Begins -- Prescription For Healthy Prose: Character, Dialogue, And Setting -- The Lifeblood Test: Scene And Sensory Detail -- A Visit With The Throat And Eye Doctors: Voice And Point Of View -- The Strong Skeleton: Plot And Structure -- Part Ii: Checkups -- Keeping Fit: Moving From First Draft To Fifteenth Draft -- An Apple A Day: Healthy Habits For Any Writer -- The Book Doctor's Final Illegible Scribbles. Dinty W. Moore. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 163-170) And Index. They live among us. They are our neighbors, our mothers, our lovers. They change. When government agents kick down Claire Forrester's front door and murder her parents, Claire realizes just how different she is. Patrick Gamble was nothing special until the day he got on a plane and hours later stepped off it, the only passenger left alive, a hero. Chase Williams has sworn to protect the people of the United States from the menace in their midst, but he is becoming the very thing he has promised to destroy. So far, the threat has been controlled by laws and violence and drugs. But the night of the red moon is coming, when an unrecognizable world will emerge...and the battle for humanity will begin. When government agents kick down Claire Forrester's front door and murder her parents, Claire realizes just how different she is. Patrick Gamble was nothing special until the day he got on a plane and hours later stepped off it, the only passenger left alive, a hero. Chase Williams has sworn to protect the people of the United States from the menace in their midst, but he is becoming the very thing he has promised to destroy. So far, the threat has been controlled by laws and violence and drugs. But the night of the red moon is coming, when an unrecognizable world will emerge ... and the battle for humanity will begin > **A collection of cures for writer's block, plotting and characterization issues, and other ailments writers face when completing a novel or memoir, prescribed by the director of creative writing at Ohio University.** "Creative writing professor Dinty W. Moore prescribes remedies for the most common stumbling blocks novelists and memoirists encounter when embarking on their writing project"-- Provided by publisher On the eve of the emergence of a new and unrecognizable world that will challenge the existence of humanity, a group of people begin to notice they are different from everyone else