Advice to writers
a compendium of quotes, anecdotes, and writerly wisdom from a dazzling array of literary lights
1st ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Winokur, Jon. - Contributor
Publication
1999 - Pantheon Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
56,750 words, Guess
Page Count
227 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL386300M
- ISBN-100679443878
- OCLC Control Number40199861
- OCLC Control Numberadvicetowritersc0000unse
- Library of Congress Control Number98049030
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- LibraryThing282456
- Goodreads1829160
Classifications
- DDC808/.02
- LCCPN165 .A385 1999
Description
Here from more than four hundred of the world's most celebrated writers and booksmiths--from Euripides and Eudora Welty to Cynthia Ozick and P. J. O'Rourke--is a treasury of useful advice on the world and work of writing. Compiled by the author of The Rich Are Different and the best-selling Portable Curmudgeon, Advice to Writers includes priceless counsel on subjects ranging from writer's block and writing dialogue to dealing with agents and editors and appearing on television; from work habits and procrastination rituals to drinking on the job; from success, money, and fame to the lack of one or all of them.Flaubert, Twain, and Kipling impart their venerable wisdom. Red Smith tells us that "writing is easy. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein." Annie Dillard, David Guterson, and Maureen Dowd offer practical suggestions. David Remnick describes the ideal editor. A genre's-eye view comes from science-fiction master Harlan Ellison and sportswriter Frank Deford. Provocative insights come from David Mamet, Russell Banks, and Joyce Carol Oates.Clever and sagacious, pragmatic and heartening, this is an essential volume for both the aspiring writer and the devoted reader.From the Hardcover edition.
Description
"Here from more than four hundred of the world's most celebrated writers and booksmiths - from T. S. Eliot and Eudora Welty to Cynthia Ozick and P. J. O'Rourke - is a treasury of useful advice on the world and work of writing. Advice to Writers includes priceless counsel on subjects ranging from writer's block and writing dialogue to dealing with agents and editors and appearing on television; from work habits and procrastination rituals to drinking on the job; from success, money, and fame to the lack of one or all of them."--BOOK JACKET.
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