What, in Ten Words or Less, Is All This Nonsense About?: The General Rules of Writing Nonfiction - Softcover

Keats, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413489117 ISBN 13: 9781413489118

Publisher: Xlibris Us, 2005

Synopsis

What, in Ten Words or Less, Is All This Nonsense About?

Good question! Veteran writer John Keats doesn't limit his answer to ten words. But he does go to the heart of the "nonsense"-the writing life-and provide keen wisdom based on a lifetime of craft.

Keats (1920-2000) was a best-selling author of thirteen books and hundreds of magazine articles who left an acclaimed twenty-four-year writing career in 1974 to teach magazine writing in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

Everyone who attended Keats's classes will treasure this collection of essays, letters and unpublished stories, assembled by former student Doug Brunk. Everyone else will wish they had met the legendary writer and teacher in person. Keats's General Rules for Writing Nonfiction includes:

• Where Writing Begins
• How to Evoke Feelings
• Adding Style to Form
• Avoiding the Formulas
• Finding Your Writer's Voice

"Keats was a legend who transformed the lives of a generation of students (including me). For anyone who cares about writing, this book is an entertaining and useful guide. It conveys those simple, powerful rules and that unique brand of wisdom that defined the writing, teaching, and life of John Keats."

Nelson Peña
Editorial Director
Rodale Custom Publishing
Rodale, Inc.

"This is a great treat for the many people who knew and loved John Keats as a teacher and friend. Reading it was like listening to Keats talk about writing, which I always loved."

William A. Glavin, Jr.
Professor of Magazine Journalism
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University

About this title

About the Author

John Keats was one of those immensely gifted nineteenth century artists whose work became widely appreciated only after his death. Despite the critics of the day and the fact that death at the tender age of twenty-six prevented him from maturing further as a poet, Keats managed to create some of the greatest lyrical poems ever written.

Edition details

• Publisher: Xlibris Us
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1413489117
• ISBN 13: 9781413489118
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Brunk Doug