附註:Includes index.
PART 1 FOLLOWING THE WRITER'S TRADE -- Chapter 1 Write Away -- Chapter 2 In Your Write Mind -- Chapter 3 Putting a Toe in the Water: Getting Started -- Chapter 4 The Process of Writing, Part I -- Chapter 5 The Process of Writing, Part II -- Chapter 6 The Secrets of Writing -- PART 2 FICTION AND POETRY -- Chapter 7 A Novel Idea -- Chapter 8 The Long and Short of It: Short Stories -- Chapter 9 For Better or Verse: Poetry -- PART 3 NONFICTION -- Chapter 10 Whose Life Is It, Anyway? Writing Biographies and Autobiographies -- Chapter 11 You Could Look It Up: Textbooks and Reference Books -- Chapter 12 Glossies 101: Writing Magazine Articles -- PART 4 DRAMA, SCRIPTS, AND SCREENPLAYS -- Chapter 13 Finding the Shakespeare in You: Writing Drama -- Chapter 14 California Dreamin': Writing Your Screenplay -- Chapter 15 Tales from the Script -- PART 5 SELLING YOUR WORK -- Chapter 16 On the Road: Selling Fiction and Poetry -- Chapter 17 Still on the Road: Selling Nonfiction -- Chapter 18 Secret Agent Man: Literary Agents -- Chapter 19 Legal Beagles: Contracts, Fees, and Bookkeeping -- Chapter 20 We're in the Money: Contests and Grants -- PART 6 COMMON WRITING CHALLENGES -- AND HOW TO CONQUER THEM! -- Chapter 21 A Writer's Best Friend: Editors -- Chapter 22 Writer's Block (or, Just Shoot Me Now)