title: The Complete Guide to Writing Fiction
author:  Barnaby Conrad 
description: Although the venerable Santa Barbara Writers' Conference, held in June, covers almost all aspects of words colliding together--from travel writing to poetry to film scripting--this volume focuses solely on the fiction aspects of the confab. Addresses given by various keynoters over the years, from Eudora Welty to Harlan Ellison, Tom McGuane to James Michener, cover all aspects of modern tale-spinning. Lively reading, all pointing to the advice given by Ellison: "The trick is not becoming a writer folks, the trick is staying a writer." Perhaps this volume will make that stay a little easier.
zlib_text: **Table of Contents**
  
  >  **Title Page**
  
  >  **Copyright © 2019 by Ginny Hartman**
  
  >  **Dedication**
  
  >  **Snopsis**
  
  >  **Conrad and Caroline**
  
  >  **Prologue**
  
  >  **Chapter One**
  
  >  **Chapter Two**
  
  >  **Chapter Three**
  
  >  **Chapter Four**
  
  >  **Chapter Five**
  
  >  **Chapter Six**
  
  >  **Chapter Seven**
  
  >  **Chapter Eight**
  
  >  **Chapter Nine**
  
  >  **Chapter Ten**
  
  >  **Chapter Eleven**
  
  >  **Chapter Twelve**
  
  >  **Chapter Thirteen**
  
  >  **Chapter Fourteen**
  
  >  **Chapter Fifteen**
  
  >  **Chapter Sixteen**
  
  >  **Chapter Seventeen**
  
  >  **Chapter Eighteen**
  
  >  **Chapter Nineteen**
  
  >  **Epilogue**
  
  >  **A Note to Readers**
  
  >  **About the Author**
  
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