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

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ISBN 10: 0679443878 ISBN 13: 9780679443872

Casa editrice: Pantheon Books, 1999

Riassunto

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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On Agents:
"Choose your agent as carefully as you would choose your accountant or lawyer. Or dentist."
--Russell Banks

On Characters:
"Make your characters want something right away--even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time."
--Kurt Vonnegut

On Critics:
"Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic. . . . Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper."
--Truman Capote

On Dialogue:
"Remember that each character must sound different from the others. And they should not all sound like you."
--Anne Lamott

On Drink:
"Boozing does not necessarily have to go hand in hand with being a writer, as seems to be the concept in America. I therefore solemnly declare to all young men trying to become writers that they do not actually have to become drunkards first."
--James Jones

On Punctuation:
"Cut out all those exclamation marks. An exclamation mark is like laughing at your own joke."
--F. Scott Fitzgerald

On Work Habits:
"Best advice on writing I've ever received: Finish."
--Peter Mayle

L'autore:

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

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• Editore: Pantheon Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0679443878
• ISBN 13: 9780679443872
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 227
• Redattore: Winokur Jon