{"product_id":"a-long-game-notes-on-writing-fiction-9780063375291","title":"A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom bestselling and award-winning author and professor Elizabeth McCracken comes an irresistible look at the art of writing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting 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 bestselling novels, National Book Award long-listed story collections, and a highly praised memoir, has been teaching for more than thirty-five years, guiding her many students through their own answers. In \u003cem\u003eA Long Game\u003c\/em\u003e, she shares insights gleaned along the way, offering practical tips and incisive thoughts about her own work as an artist. Writing \"is a long game,\" she notes. \"What matters is that you learn to get work done in the way that is possible for you, through consistency or panic. Through self-recrimination or self-delusion or self-forgiveness: every life needs all three.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs much a book about the life of a working artist as it is a guide to thinking about fiction, \u003cem\u003eA Long Game\u003c\/em\u003e is a revelatory and indispensable resource for any writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth McCracken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063375291","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44282581778477,"sku":"9780063375291","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_24dcc867-5510-408e-9e3b-fe27d1b3c70b.jpg?v=1761577021","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/a-long-game-notes-on-writing-fiction-9780063375291","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}