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Tables of Contents for The Writer's Quotation Book
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
On Literature
3
1
On Books
4
4
On Owning Books
8
2
On Reading
10
4
On Old Books
14
1
On When to Read
15
2
On Ignorance
17
1
On Understanding
18
1
On Society
19
3
America
22
2
Amateur Writers
24
2
Bad Writing
26
2
Writers on Writers
28
3
Advice to Young Writers
31
4
Why Write
35
5
On Writing Fiction
40
4
The Writer's Audience
44
4
Writer's Rules
48
3
Writer's Friends
51
1
Research and Plagiarism
52
2
Reassurance
54
2
The Creative Process
56
2
Courage to Write
58
4
Writing Is Easy
62
2
Writing for Money
64
3
Writing as a Profession
67
3
Poetry as Profession
70
2
On Revising
72
3
On Grammar
75
2
The Right Word
77
1
Style
78
3
Boozing
81
3
Journalism
84
1
Writer's Tools
85
2
Writer's Habits
87
4
Where to Write
91
3
When to Write
94
2
A Writer's Family
96
2
Co-Authors
98
1
Writer's Block
99
3
Humor
102
2
About Me
104
1
Biography and History
105
3
Novels
108
2
Mysteries and Science Fiction
110
3
Writers and Sex
113
1
Titles
114
2
The Last Page
116
2
Rejections
118
3
On Publication
121
2
On Their Own Books
123
2
Success
125
3
Deadlines
128
3
Poetry
131
3
Reviewers and Reviews
134
5
Agents
139
2
Writers and Editors
141
4
Editors
145
2
Publishers
147
2
Publishing Business
149
6
Age
155
1
The End
156
3
Index
159