Writing Brave and Free : Encouraging Words for People Who Want to Start Writing

Writing Brave and Free 1(4) What's Standing in Your Way? 5(2) SECTION 1: Yes, You Can 7(8) What Do You Know? 9(2) Enchanting Details 11(4) SECTION 2: Rules? We Don' Need No Stinkin' Rules! 15(10) No Shoulds, No Should Nots 17(4) Input and Output 21(4) SECTION 3: Getting Started 25(18) The Ten-Minute Exercise 27(5) Overcoming Obstacles to Extended Writing 32(4) Developing the Habit of Writing 36(5) Don't Forget to Read! 41(2) SECTION 4: The Environment for Writing 43(12) The Writer's Tools 45(4) Your Clean, Well-Lighted Writing Place 49(2) Relax! The World Is Resting on Your Shoulders 51(4) SECTION 5: You and Your Readers 55(18) What Reader Do You Have in Mind? 57(3) Writing for Friends and Relations 60(3) Writing for Strangers 63(5) Taking Control 68(2) About Your Imaginary Reader 70(3) SECTION 6: Elements of a Piece of Writing 73(40) The Country of Memory 75(4) Writing about One Thing 79(2) Getting Organized 81(4) Sensory Detail 85(3) Suspense 88(2) The Size and Scope of Things 90(4) A Sentimental Journey 94(2) Transparency 96(2) The Unexpected Detail 98(2) It's a Figure of Speech 100(5) Before Us on the Table 105(3) Be Positive, Emphatic, Clear, and Active 108(3) Transformative Experience 111(2) SECTION 7: Revision and Getting Help 113(12) Revise and Wait 115(3) Getting Advice, Taking Criticism 118(7) SECTION 8: The Business of Writing 125(44) How Publishing Works 127(5) How to Get Published 132(13) Self-Publishing, Electronic Publishing, and Vanity Publishing 145(7) A Few Observations about Copyright 152(3) Fair Use 155(3) Obtaining Permission to Quote 158(3) Protecting Your Copyright 161(1) Conveying Rights: Contracts 162(4) Libel and Invasion of Privacy 166(3) SECTION 9: Acknowledgments and Further Reading 169(2) Acknowledgments 171(1) How to Write 172(4) Copyright, Libel, and Invasion of Privacy 176