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Draft no. 4 on the writing process

"Draft No. 4 is a master class on the writer's craft. In a series of playful, expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he has gathered over his career and has refined while teaching at Princeton University, where he has nurtured some of the most esteemed writers of recent decades. McPhee...

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Main Author: McPhee, John, 1931- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Authorship.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
English language > Rhetoric.
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'The lead -- like the title -- should be a flashlight that shines down into the story. A lead is a promise," he writes. It should not be "flashy, meretricious, blaring. After a tremendous fanfare of verbal trumpets, a mouse comes out of a hole blinking.' Excerpted from Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process by John McPhee All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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