The Kite and the String: How to Write with Spontaneity and Control--And Live to Tell the Tale by Alice Mattison

The Kite and the String: How to Write with Spontaneity and Control--And Live to Tell the Tale

Alice Mattison

256 pages first pub 2016 (view editions)

nonfiction reflective slow-paced
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A targeted and insightful guide to the stages of writing fiction and memoir without falling into common traps, while wisely navigating the writing life, from an award-winning author and longtime teacher "A book-length master class." --The Atlantic...

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inspiring: 55%

hopeful: 33%

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reflective: 22%

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