Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life - Hardcover

Conrad, Barnaby; Schulz, Monte

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582971943 ISBN 13: 9781582971940

Publisher: Writer's Digest Books, 2002

Synopsis

Snoopy sits atop his doghouse, banging out stories on a manual typewriter: Usually they begin "It was a dark and stormy night." Always they're rejected. In Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life, a roundup of thirty famous writers and entertainers respond in short, 500-word essays to a favourite strip. Each essay focuses on how the strip presents an aspect of writing life - getting started, getting rejected, searching for new ideas - that they have experienced. The essays are light and humorous, but also offer insight and inspiration to writers working at any level. Contributors include Elmore Leonard, Sue Grafton, Jackie Collins, John Cleese, William Buckley, Danielle Steele, and Jonathan Winters. An introduction by Monte Schulz addresses the writing life and how Snoopy's experience - his tenacity and resilience - can inspire us all.

About this title

Review:

"Witty and charming...will appeal to all writers and aspiring writers as well as to fans of the late Peanuts creator. Highly recommended."

About the Author:

Monte Schulz is the son of "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz. Barnaby Conrad is a fiction and nonfiction writer, and he runs the Santa Barbara Writer's Conference where Charles Schulz spoke for more than 20 years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1582971943
• ISBN 13: 9781582971940
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192