{"product_id":"2940170664375","title":"The Way of the Writer: Reflections on the Art and Craft of Storytelling","description":"An award-winning novelist, philosopher, essayist, screenwriter, professor, and cartoonist, Charles Johnson has devoted his life to creative pursuit. His 1990 National Book Award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eMiddle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern classic, revered as much for its daring plot as its philosophical underpinnings. For thirty-three years, Johnson taught and mentored students in the art and craft of creative writing. \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Writer\u003c\/i\u003e is his record of those years, and the coda to a kaleidoscopic, boundary-shattering career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrganized into six accessible, easy-to-navigate sections, \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Writer\u003c\/i\u003e is both a literary reflection on the creative impulse and a utilitarian guide to the writing process. Johnson shares his lessons and exercises from the classroom, starting with word choice, sentence structure, and narrative voice, and delving into the mechanics of scene, dialogue, plot, and storytelling before exploring the larger questions at stake for the serious writer. What separates literature from industrial fiction? What lies at the heart of the creative impulse? How does one navigate the literary world? And how are philosophy and fiction concomitant?","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169379172592,"sku":"2940170664375","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170664375_p0.jpg?v=1763808897","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170664375","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}