{"product_id":"a-long-game-notes-on-writing-fiction-by-elizabeth-mccracken","title":"A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCracken","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom bestselling and award-winning author and professor Elizabeth McCracken comes an irresistible look at the art of writing.\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 A Long Game, 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, A Long Game is a revelatory and indispensable resource for any writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48342610968816,"sku":"9780063375291","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/files\/9780063375291.jpg?v=1764188912","url":"https:\/\/shop.landmarkbooksellers.com\/products\/a-long-game-notes-on-writing-fiction-by-elizabeth-mccracken","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}