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Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow

A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories

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Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow

By: Steve Almond
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The long-awaited craft book from Steve Almond, based on three decades of writing, failing, and trying again.

In Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow, Steve Almond shares the insights gleaned from three decades as a beloved teacher and mentor, and a considerably less-beloved literary rabble rouser. His tone is irreverent. His ideas are iconoclastic. And his approach is stubbornly, radically, empathic. The goal is to explode the well-meaning but misguided myths that hold us back from writing our deepest and most honest work, to awaken the joys of storytelling while also confronting how grueling the process can be. Truth features chapters on plot, character, and chronology, but travels far beyond the earnest aims of most creative writing books, with essays about humor, sex, obsession, and writer’s block, as well as prompts to generate new work and a rollicking Frequently Asked Questions section. You’ll never think about writing the same way again.

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Great essays. Great insight. Several unique lenses like the sex chapter. Thanks. Good narration as well.

Great essays. Great insight. Several unique lenses. Thanks.

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My new favorite book on the craft and writing life. I’ll be coming back to this often.

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