Being a Writer: Advice, Musings, Essays and Experiences from the World's Greatest Authors

by Travis Elborough, Helen Gordon, Helen Gordon

Book Overview

The joys and challenges of being a writer are explored in this inspiring assemblage of wit, wisdom and hard-won practical advice from some of the world's greatest authors musing on the art of writing and how they came to define themselves as writers. From Samuel Johnson in eighteenth-century London to Lorrie Moore in twenty-first-century Wisconsin, the contributors range from the canon to contemporary, covering more than 250 years, and come from all...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0711238200
• ISBN13: 9780711238206
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 7.8"