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Synopsis
An indispensable source of advice and inspiration, this anthology features essaysand#160;byand#160;Henry James, Kate Chopin, Willa Cather, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, Raymond Chandler, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Synopsis
An indispensable source of advice and inspiration for aspiring writers, this anthology features observations on the craft of creating fiction, by classic and contemporary authors. A literary feast of artistic practices and philosophies, its absorbing essays offer a vast array of personal reflections, suggestions, and critiques.
Featured writers include Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Kate Chopin, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Jack London presents Advice for Aspiring Writers, Sinclair Lewis recounts How I Wrote a Novel on the Train and Beside the Kitchen Sink, and Kurt Vonnegut offers tips on How to Write with Style. Mark Twain provides a guided tour of My Literary Shipyard, Eudora Welty discusses the shaping of Words into Fiction, and John Irving addresses the difficulties of Getting Started. Other contributors include Willa Cather, Raymond Chandler, Wallace Stegner, Raymond Carver, Joyce Carol Oates, and Margaret Atwood.
Synopsis
An indispensable source of advice and inspiration, this anthology features essays by Henry James, Kate Chopin, Willa Cather, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, Raymond Chandler, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Table of Contents
Edgar Allan Poe: The Philosophy of Composition (1846)
Henry James: The Art of Fiction (1888)
Joseph Conrad: Conrad's Manifesto (1897)
Kate Chopin: My Writing Method (1899)
Jack London: Advice for Aspiring Writers (1899-1915)
Robert Louis Stevenson: On Some Technical Elements of Style in Literature (1905)
Willa Cather: On the Art of Fiction (1920)
Sinclair Lewis: How I Wrote a Novel on the Train and Beside the Kitchen Sink (1921)
Mark Twain: My Literary Shipyard (1922)
Raymond Chandler: The Simple Art of Murder (1950)
Eudora Welty: Words into Fiction (1965)
Kurt Vonnegut: How to Write with Style (1980)
Raymond Carver: On Writing (1981)
Wallace Stegner: To a Young Writer (1982)
John Irving: Getting Started (1991)
Joyce Carol Oates: Running and Writing (1999)
Margaret Atwood: Nobody to Nobody (2002)