{"product_id":"the-way-of-the-writer-reflections-on-the-art-and-craft-of-storytelling-9781501147227","title":"The Way of the Writer: Reflections on the Art and Craft of Storytelling","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaster the Craft of Creative Writing with Charles Johnson\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Charles Johnson--a National Book Award winner, Professor Emeritus at University of Washington, and one of America's preeminent scholars on literature and race--comes an instructive, inspiring guide to the craft and art of writing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn award-winning novelist, philosopher, essayist, screenwriter, professor, and cartoonist, Charles Johnson has devoted his life to creative pursuit. His 1990 National Book Award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eMiddle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern classic, revered as much for its daring plot as its philosophical underpinnings. For thirty-three years, Johnson taught and mentored students in the art and craft of creative writing. \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Writer\u003c\/i\u003e is his record of those years, and the coda to a kaleidoscopic, boundary-shattering career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eComprehensive Writing Instruction from Classroom to Page\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOrganized into six accessible, easy-to-navigate sections, \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Writer\u003c\/i\u003e is both a literary reflection on the creative impulse and a utilitarian guide to the writing process. Johnson shares his lessons and exercises from the classroom, starting with word choice, sentence structure, and narrative voice, and delving into the mechanics of scene, dialogue, plot and storytelling before exploring the larger questions at stake for the serious writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eExplore the Philosophy Behind Fiction\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat separates literature from industrial fiction? What lies at the heart of the creative impulse? How does one navigate the literary world? And how are philosophy and fiction concomitant? Johnson addresses these essential questions with the insight of a master teacher and accomplished author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLuminous, inspiring, and imminently accessible, \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Writer\u003c\/i\u003e is a revelatory glimpse into the mind of the writer and an essential guide for anyone with a story to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohnson, Charles:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Charles Johnson is a novelist, essayist, literary scholar, philosopher, cartoonist, screenwriter, and professor emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle. A MacArthur fellow, his fiction includes \u003ci\u003eNight Hawks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDr. King's Refrigerator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDreamer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFaith and the Good Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMiddle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won the National Book Award. In 2002 he received the Arts and Letters Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50681024479506,"sku":"9781501147227","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_02142317-d330-4ebf-8ae2-145cea82c608.jpg?v=1733947799","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-way-of-the-writer-reflections-on-the-art-and-craft-of-storytelling-9781501147227","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}