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From Where You Dream

The Process of Writing Fiction

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From Where You Dream

By: Robert Olen Butler, Janet Burroway - editor, Janet Burroway - introduction
Narrated by: Robert Olen Butler
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About this listen

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author "shares his insights into-and passion for—the creation and experience of fiction with total openness" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

Robert Olen Butler, author of Perfume River, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, and A Small Hotel, 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 dream space 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.

"Incisive and provocative, Butler's tutorials are a must for anyone even thinking about writing fiction, and readers, too, will benefit from his passionate exhortations." -Booklist

©2005 Robert Olen Butler and Janet Burroway (P)2023 Tantor
Creativity Personal Development Words, Language & Grammar Writing & Publishing

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