Becoming a writer
Describes a writer's temperament and how to develop a writer's habits, originality, and insight, imitate exemplary works, read critically, and overcome writing difficulties.
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- Full title :Becoming a writer / Dorothea Brande ; foreword by John Gardner.
Summary
Describes a writer's temperament and how to develop a writer's habits, originality, and insight, imitate exemplary works, read critically, and overcome writing difficulties.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©1981
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Jeremy P. Tarcher/ Putnam
- Place of Publication:Los Angeles
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1981
Notes
Reprint of the 1934 ed. published by Harcourt, Brace, New York.
The Physical Object
- Description:186 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0874771641, 9780874771640
- oclc:ocm06813996
- LC Classification:PN3355
- Dewey Decimal:808.3
Table of Contents
Foreword by John Gardner -- In Introduction -- 1. The four difficulties -- 2. What writers are like -- 3. The advantages of duplicity -- 4. Interlude: On taking advice -- 5. Harnessing the unconscious -- 6. Writing on schedule -- 7. The first survey -- 8. The critic at work on himself -- 9. Readings as a writer -- 10. On imitation -- 11. Learning to see again -- 12. The source of originality -- 13. The writer's recreation -- 14. The practice story -- 15. The great discovery -- 16. The third person, genius -- 17. The writer's magic -- In conclusion: Some prosaic pointers.
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Writers
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