Panel: Real Toads

Presenter Information

Jay McInerney
John Yount
Robert Ward

Location

Memorial Union Ballroom

Event Website

http://www.undwritersconference.org

Start Date

20-3-1986 12:00 PM

End Date

20-3-1986 1:00 PM

Description

In this audiovisual recording from Thursday, March 20, 1986, as part of the 17th Annual UND Writers Conference: “To Make a Prairie,” Jay McInerney, John Yount, and Robert Ward participate in a panel called “Real Toads.” The panelists discuss autobiography in fiction, writing from experience, outlining versus freewriting, the importance for a writer to detach him or herself from autobiography, pursuit of original voice and the educational value of imitation, negative criticism, working with editors and publishers, sentimentality, and emotional connection to characters.

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Panel: Real Toads

Memorial Union Ballroom

In this audiovisual recording from Thursday, March 20, 1986, as part of the 17th Annual UND Writers Conference: “To Make a Prairie,” Jay McInerney, John Yount, and Robert Ward participate in a panel called “Real Toads.” The panelists discuss autobiography in fiction, writing from experience, outlining versus freewriting, the importance for a writer to detach him or herself from autobiography, pursuit of original voice and the educational value of imitation, negative criticism, working with editors and publishers, sentimentality, and emotional connection to characters.

https://commons.und.edu/writers-conference/1986/day3/3