From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802142573)

Robert Olen Butler, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, 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 dreamspace 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.


Author: Robert Olen Butler
ISBN-10: 0802142575
ISBN-13: 9780802142573
Publisher: Grove Press
Language: English
Published: 01/09/2006
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 09/01/2007 pg. 31