Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow av Steve Almond

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<p><b>¿<i>Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow</i> is one of the best books on writing I¿ve ever read. It¿s also the funniest by a country mile.¿ ¿Richard Russo, author of the North Bath trilogy</b><br><br><b>The long-awaited craft book from Steve Almond, based on three decades of writing, failing, and trying again.</b><br><br>In<i> Truth is the Arrow</i>, <i>Mercy is the Bow</i>, 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. <i>Truth </i>features chapters on plot, character, and chronology, but travels far beyond the earnest aims of most creative writing books, with es