Novel Ideas: Contemporary Authors Share the Creative Process

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Novel Ideas This page intentionally left blank Novel Ideas Contemporary Authors Share the Creative Process SecoNd edItIoN INtroductIoN, INtervIewS, aNd exercISeS by barbara Shoup and Margaret-Love denman The University of Georgia Press Athens & London Published in 2009 by The University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org© 2001 by Barbara Shoup and Margaret-Love Denman© 2009 by The University of Georgia Press All rights reserved Designed by Walton Harris Set in 11/15 Adobe Garamond Pro Printed and bound by Maple-Vail The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Printed in the United States of America 13 12 11 10 09 p 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Novel ideas : contemporary authors share the creative process / introduction, interviews, and exercises by Barbara Shoup and Margaret-Love Denman. — 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-8203-3279-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-8203-3279-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Fiction—Authorship. 2. Fiction—Technique. 3. Novelists, American—20th century—Interviews. I. Shoup, Barbara. II. Denman, Margaret-Love. pn3365.n63 2009 808.3—dc22 2008047844 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ...