A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction Daria Lavelle shielded from every danger

shielded from every danger

and a parable for our peculiar times

But the baby-sitters aren't sure if Logan would make a good club member

He never thinks about the consequences because he doesn’t have to

her family is “illegal” and it will require all the determination and small joys they can muster to survive

A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction Daria Lavelle shielded from every dangerFrom bestselling and award winning author and professor Elizabeth McCracken comes an irresistible look at the art of writing. Writing can feel like an endless series of decisions. How does one face the blank page? Move a character around a room? Deal with time? Undertake revision? The good and bad news is that in fiction writing, there are no definitive answers to such questions: writers must come up with their own. Elizabeth McCracken, author of