Immediate Fiction: A Complete Writing Course

Immediate Fiction: A Complete Writing Course

by JERRY CLEAVER (Author), SHEILA CURRY OAKES (Editor)

Synopsis

Based on a top writers' workshop, Immediate Fiction covers the entire process of writing from manuscript preparation and time management, to finding an idea, getting words on the page staying unblocked, and submitting to agents and publishers. With insightful tips and advice, Jerry Cleaver helps writers: manage doubts, fears, blocks, and panic all while helping to develop their writing in minutes a day. Anyone who wants to write anything from a short story to a screenplay will find practical help in this book.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 306
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 03 Dec 2004

ISBN 10: 0312302762
ISBN 13: 9780312302764

Media Reviews
Praise for Immediate Fiction and Jerry Cleaver
Plainly gifted.
- C. Michael Curtis, senior editor, The Atlantic Monthly
The best there is.
- Michael Harvey, screenwriter/filmmaker, Emmy Award winner, and 1999 Academy Award nominee for Eyewitness
A true story master.
- Bernard Sabbath, Broadway playwright, author of The Boys in Autumn
I recommend it to everyone who writes.
- Linda Lael Miller, author of eight New York Times bestsellers

Praise for Immediate Fiction and Jerry Cleaver
Plainly gifted.
- C. Michael Curtis, senior editor, The Atlantic Monthly
The best there is.
- Michael Harvey, screenwriter/filmmaker, Emmy Award winner, and 1999 Academy Award nominee for Eyewitness
A true story master.
- Bernard Sabbath, Broadway playwright, author of The Boys in Autumn
I recommend it to everyone who writes.
- Linda Lael Miller, author of eight New York Times bestsellers

Praise for Immediate Fiction and Jerry Cleaver

Plainly gifted.
- C. Michael Curtis, senior editor, The Atlantic Monthly

The best there is.
- Michael Harvey, screenwriter/filmmaker, Emmy Award winner, and 1999 Academy Award nominee for Eyewitness

A true story master.
- Bernard Sabbath, Broadway playwright, author of The Boys in Autumn

I recommend it to everyone who writes.
- Linda Lael Miller, author of eight New York Times bestsellers

Plainly gifted.
- C. Michael Curtis, senior editor, The Atlantic Monthly
The best there is.
- Michael Harvey, screenwriter/filmmaker, Emmy Award winner, and 1999 Academy Award nominee for Eyewitness
A true story master.
- Bernard Sabbath, Broadway playwright, author of The Boys in Autumn
I recommend it to everyone who writes.
- Linda Lael Miller, author of eight New York Times bestsellers

Plainly gifted. C. Michael Curtis, senior editor, The Atlantic Monthly

The best there is. Michael Harvey, screenwriter/filmmaker, Emmy Award winner, and 1999 Academy Award nominee for Eyewitness

A true story master. Bernard Sabbath, Broadway playwright, author of The Boys in Autumn

I recommend it to everyone who writes. Linda Lael Miller, author of eight New York Times bestsellers


Plainly gifted. C. Michael Curtis, senior editor, The Atlantic Monthly

The best there is. Michael Harvey, screenwriter/filmmaker, Emmy Award winner, and 1999 Academy Award nominee for Eyewitness

A true story master. Bernard Sabbath, Broadway playwright, author of The Boys in Autumn

I recommend it to everyone who writes. Linda Lael Miller, author of eight New York Times bestsellers


Plainly gifted. --C. Michael Curtis, senior editor, The Atlantic Monthly

The best there is. --Michael Harvey, screenwriter/filmmaker, Emmy Award winner, and 1999 Academy Award nominee for Eyewitness

A true story master. --Bernard Sabbath, Broadway playwright, author of The Boys in Autumn

I recommend it to everyone who writes. --Linda Lael Miller, author of eight New York Times bestsellers

Author Bio

Jerry Cleaver is a writer, teacher, and writing coach who created The Writer's Loft, Chicago's most successful independent writers' workshop for the last twenty years. He has given special story seminars for Writers' Digest and created the Write Your Novel Now Internet course. Published in various magazines and a ghostwriter for several books, Cleaver lives in Chicago, Illinois with his wife.