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Good writers make writing look easy - but is it? Anyone learning to write should be encouraged by "Making Stories" - it shows that even our greatest novelists come to their books by a long and uncertain process. "Making Stories" shows ten acclaimed Australian authors at work, painstakingly constructing their books from rough notes, dimly-glimpsed ideas, and trial and error. By referring to extracts from drafts and published versions of their novels, each author candidly discusses how they work, taking the reader step-by-step through the creative process to share the invisible hours of toil that shape a work of fiction. All faced problems and doubts, and solved them in a sometimes startling way. Admirers of the novels used in "Making Stories" will be interested by the behind-the-scenes work that brought them about. Each writer's section contains: an extract from an early draft - sometimes just a rough note on a scrap of paper; a corresponding extract from the published book, showing how this early material was finally used; and an interview with the writer about the progress that took them from that early writing to the published book. Featured writers include Jessica Anderson, Peter Carey, Helen Garner, Thomas Keneally, David Ireland, Elizabeth Jolley, Finola Moorhead and Patrick White, as well as the two authors.
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Sue Woolfe is the author of the acclaimed novel Painted Woman and the popular textbooks for English classes About Literature and Literature and Language. Kate Grenville is the author of The Writing Book: A Manual for Fiction Writers, and several novels including the prize-winning Lilian's Story. They are both widely experienced as teachers of literature and creative writing.
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Making stories: How ten Australian novels were written
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Allen & Unwin, Sydney, Australia, 1993
ISBN 10: 1863733167
ISBN 13: 9781863733168
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