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Startle and illuminate : Carol Shields on writing / Carol Shields ; edited by Anne Giardini and Nicholas Giardini. by Shields, Carol. Random House Canada, 2016. Call #: 808.3 S555s Subjects Shields, Carol -- Technique.   Fiction -- Technique.   Creative writing.   Authorship.   Books and reading -- Anecdotes.   Women novelists, Canadian -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.   Novelists, Canadian -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.   Women authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.   Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Anecdotes. ISBN:  9780345815941 (hc.) Alternate title:  Carol Shields on writing Description:  xxxvi, 198 p. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "In the course of her extraordinary career, which included the novels The Stone Diaries, Larry's Party, The Republic of Love and Unless, as well as poetry, short stories, biography and plays, Carol Shields was unfailingly encouraging of other writers. She read and commented on her friends' manuscripts. She taught writing classes and she spoke and wrote on the craft of writing. Her own discipline rarely faltered. Her daily practice was to write a new page, then edit the page written the day before, then repeat, until, after a year or so, her book was finished. Now in her own words, as clear and straightforward as a glass of water, comes this guide to the writing process, from conception to publication. This work, drawn by her daughter and grandson from her correspondence with other writers, essays, notes, comments, criticism and lectures, is a last gift from one of our finest novelists meant for both aspiring and established writers. It helps answer some of the most fundamental questions about writing: such as, why we write at all, whether writing can be taught, what keeps a reader turning the pages, and how a writer knows when a work is done. For Shields's devoted readers, Startle and Illuminate reveals her own thoughts on why we read--to be the other, to touch and taste the experience of the other; and why we write--for the joy of the making, to reimagine our world, to discover patterns and uncover forms that echo our realities as well as interrogate them, to imagine alternate worlds. Carol Ann Shields (1935 - 2003) was an American-born Canadian author of novels, short stories, poetry, plays and biography. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award."--Provided by publisher. Other authors:  Giardini, Anne. Giardini, Nicholas, 1991- Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 808.3 S555s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 808.3 S555s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 808.3 S555s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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