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1、fc7haveneverknownamanwithamoreacutesenseofwhatmakesabookreadable.'TheJohnCiardiCraftofWffintfWILLIAMSLOANETheCraftofWritingWilliamSloaneIntroductionbyJohnCiardiEditedbyJuliaSloaneWilliamSloanewasafinewriterofbothfictionandnonfiction,butaboveallhewasabrillianteditor,p
2、ublisher,andteacherformorethanfortyyears.Tohim,writingwasanactofcommunicationconsummatedwhenthewritercausedhisreadertopartici•pateintheactofcreation.Hebelievedthatinspiration,insights,wisdom,"art,"couldnotbetaught,butthatthecraft,thetech•niquesthatpermittedthoseeleme
3、ntstobecommunicated,couldbetaught.AndnoonetaughtthatcraftwithadeeperunderstandingthandidWilliamSloane.InthisbookaregatheredchaptersderivedlargelyfromlecturesSloanegaveovertwenty-fiveyearsattheBreadLoafWriters'Conference,hiscorrespondencewithpub•lished(andsomeunpublis
4、hed)writers,andeditorialmemorandadealingwiththespecificsofawriter'sproblems.Aswereallhiscommunications,theyaresuperblyex•pressed.HediscussestherelationshipthatexistsBetweenWriterandReader,theMeansofPerception,FictionandtheNarra•tiveProcess,Scene,andCharacterandDialog
5、ue.OtherchaptersdealwiththeNon-fictionWriterandKnowingYourMaterial.JACKETDESIGNBYROSALINDLORBERISBN0-393-04471-8WILLIAMSLOANEdiedin1974attheageofsixty-eight.Hiscareerasaneditorandpublisherwasdistinguishedbyimagination,care,andbreadthofscope.Inthesechaptershiswordsrem
6、ainfreshandoriginal.HisownwritingincludednovelssuchasToWalktheNight,aclassicinitsfield,andTheEdgeofRunningWater.ExcerptsfromlettersaboutWilliamShane"Billhadtheabsolutelyessentialqualityofaneditor,whichistopointouttoawriterwherehehaswrittenwellandwhy."—TheodoreH.White
7、"Asateacher,itwasasifBillSloanedrewonsourcesunknowntohimself,sourcesIdaretocallmysticTohearhimtalkaboutwritingwastobeenlightened,toknowcommitment."—A.B.Guthrie"WilliamSloanenotonlyknewhowtowritehimself,butasaneditorandpublisherheknewboththepracticalandtheliterarydema
8、ndsofthecalling."—TheodoreMorrison"AgreatpartofwhatIknowinmanageableformIlearnedfromBillSloane.Hehadthegiftofbeingabletosynthesizea
