How to Write Like Chekhov: Advice and Inspiration, Straight from His Own Letters and Work

CONTENTS......Page 12
Preface......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
Introduction......Page 26
PART ONE: THEORY: No Plot, No Ending......Page 44
Why Write?......Page 46
For Whom Should One Write?......Page 49
What to Write, How to Write......Page 53
When and How Much to Write Wait a Year......Page 60
Truth......Page 64
Descriptions......Page 70
Characters......Page 76
Emotions......Page 83
What to Avoid......Page 86
The Company of Writers......Page 90
PART TWO: DEMONSTRATION: Good Shoes and a Notebook......Page 98
A Change of Air......Page 100
Prerequisites......Page 108
Travel......Page 112
Observe......Page 132
Collect Facts......Page 142
Overcoming Initial Difficulties......Page 158
Give the Book a Shape......Page 159
Being Objective......Page 162
Being Truthful......Page 173
Insert Yourself into the Scene......Page 176
Writing Advice......Page 186
Last Things......Page 195
Acknowledgments......Page 198
Who\'s Who in Chekhov\'s Correspondence......Page 200
Afterword by Piero Brunello......Page 212
For Further Reading......Page 226
Notes......Page 230