{"product_id":"a-long-game-elizabeth-mccracken-9798228689947","title":"A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom bestselling and award-winning author and professor Elizabeth McCracken comes an irresistible look at the art of writing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting can feel like an endless series of decisions. How does one face the blank page? Move a character around a room? Deal with time? Undertake revision? The good and bad news is that in fiction writing, there are no definitive answers to such questions: writers must come up with their own. Elizabeth McCracken, author of bestselling novels, National Book Award long-listed story collections, and a highly praised memoir, has been teaching for more than thirty-five years, guiding her many students through their own answers. In \u003ci\u003eA Long Game\u003c\/i\u003e, she shares insights gleaned along the way, offering practical tips and incisive thoughts about her own work as an artist. \"Writing is a long game,\" she notes. \"What matters is that you learn to get work done in the way that is possible for you, through consistency or panic. Through self-recrimination or self-forgiveness: every life needs both.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs much a book about the life of a working artist as it is a guide to thinking about fiction, \u003ci\u003eA Long Game \u003c\/i\u003eis a revelatory and indispensable resource for any writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth McCracken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798228689947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins Christian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD","brand":"Elizabeth McCracken","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":47427890675967,"sku":"9798228689947","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a6a941f-7e4f-4602-b783-d49e33ebc680.jpg?v=1761582238","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-long-game-elizabeth-mccracken-9798228689947","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}