Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction this book has the makings

this book has the makings of a success

frilly ballet story with a lot of heart

And when her ex-lover turns up dead

the two find themselves on an adventure as profoundly emotional as it is intellectual

Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction this book has the makingsFrom bestselling and award winning author and professor Elizabeth McCracken comes an irresistible look at the art of writing. Writing can feel like an endless series of decisions. How does one face the blank page? Move a character around a room? Deal with time? Undertake revision? The good and bad news is that in fiction writing, there are no definitive answers to such questions: writers must come up with their own. Elizabeth McCracken, author of