Advice to Writers: A Compendium of Quotes, Anecdotes, and Writerly Wisdom from a Dazzling Array of Literary Lights - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679443878 ISBN 13: 9780679443872

Publisher: Pantheon Books, 1999

Synopsis

An anthology of advice on writing features the contributions of Euripides, Mark Twain, Cynthia Ozick, P. J. O'Rourke, Annie Dillard, and Virginia Woolfe

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About the Author

Jon Winokur is the author of <b>The Rich Are Different.</b> He lives in Pacific Palisades, California.

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re 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 <b>The Rich Are Different</b> and the best-selling <b>Portable Curmudgeon</b>, <b>Advice to Writers</b> 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.<br><br>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

Edition details

• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679443878
• ISBN 13: 9780679443872
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 227
• Editor: Winokur Jon