What If? is the first handbook for writers based on the idea that specific exercises are one of the most useful and provocative methods for mastering the art of writing fiction. With more than twenty-five years of experience teaching creative writing between them, Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter offer more than seventy-five exercises for both beginners and more experienced writers. These exercises are designed to develop and refine two basic skills: writing like a writer and, just as important, thinking like a writer. They deal with such topics as discovering where to start...
What If? is the first handbook for writers based on the idea that specific exercises are one of the most useful and provocative methods for m...
"Clare and her oldest friend from college had been planning this visit for the past three months. But only yesterday, her arms full of towels and pillows, Clare realized that it was too soon for her husband's study to become a guest room. First she needed to talk through her anguish and anger at finding him there, slumped over his desk beside the empty vials of pills, finding his folded note that said "Clare." "
A widower finds his stolen car and begins a relationship with the thief; a woman whose sisters levy accusations against their dying father wonders why he chose them, not her; a...
"Clare and her oldest friend from college had been planning this visit for the past three months. But only yesterday, her arms full of towels and p...
The first print edition of literary magazine Pangyrus includes stories from Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter, poems by Kim Stafford, David Rivard, Kiki Petrosino, and Jennie Barber, and essays by Timothy McCarthy, JD Scrimgeour, Eric LeMay and Carmen Nobel. Plus much more
The first print edition of literary magazine Pangyrus includes stories from Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter, poems by Kim Stafford, David Rivard, Kiki...
