{"product_id":"9781770705821","title":"Script Tease: A Wordsmith's Waxings on Life and Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy write in the first place, other than your grocery list? Eric Nicol believes it’s the second-most satisfying thing you can do lying down. But it’s not enough to want to write. You must \u003ci\u003eneed\u003c\/i\u003e to write. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now, after more than seventy years of scribbling – he wrote for the school newspaper at Lord Byng High School in Vancouver, British Columbia – Eric holds forth on dangling participles, punctuation, and literary jargon. What’s more, he answers the burning question: \"How much should creative writers depend on editors to correct their grammar?\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Then Eric provides a wide selection of essays to demonstrate how it’s done. These include a dramatic demonstration of the chutzpah of a big Tom wild turkey and its harem on a B.C. Gulf Island, the discovery that Eric’s one-way-view window in the bathroom has been installed incorrectly, the trials and tribulations of computers and the creative process, and a riposte to the query, \"Are nipples really necessary on guys?\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pure Nicol. Minted in Canada. Priceless!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182775124208,"sku":"9781770705821","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770705821_p0.jpg?v=1763706628","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770705821","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}