Now Write - Fiction Writing Exercises Of Today's Best Writers & Teachers by Steve Almond, Robert Olen Butler, Amy Bloom, Jill Mc Corkle, Alison Lurie, Jayne Anne Phillips, Virgil Suarez, and more - edited by Sherry Ellis Patricia Law Hatcher  

A collection of personal writing exercises from some of today's most celebrated novelists, short story writers, and writing teachers.

What's the secret behind the successful and prolific careers of critically acclaimed, award-winning novelists and short story writers? Divine assistance? Otherworldly talent? While the rest of us are struggling to come up with a first sentence, these writers are busy wrapping up story after story and novel after novel. Despite producing work that may seem effortless, all of them have a simple technique for fending off writer's block: the writing exercise.

In this book, the author collects the personal writing exercises of today's most acclaimed fiction writers and lays bare the secrets of their success.