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Advice to Writers: A Compendium of Quotes, Anecdotes, and Writerly Wisdom from a Dazzling Array of Literary Lights Hardback - 1999
by Jon Winokur (Editor); Compiled by Jon Winokur
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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.
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- Title Advice to Writers: A Compendium of Quotes, Anecdotes, and Writerly Wisdom from a Dazzling Array of Literary Lights
- Author Jon Winokur (Editor); Compiled by Jon Winokur
- Binding Hardback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication date April 20, 1999
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780679443872 / 0679443878
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.54 x 5.79 x 1.03 in (21.69 x 14.71 x 2.62 cm)
- Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98-49030
- Dewey Decimal Code 808.02
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