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Advice to Writers A Compendium of Quotes Anecdotes and Writerly Wisdom from a Dazzling Array of Literary Lights Author: Jon Winokur In Advice to Writers, Jon Winokur, author of the bestselling The Portable Curmudgeon, gathers the counsel of more than four hundred celebrated authors in a treasury on the world of writing. Here are literary lions on everything from the passive voice to promotion and publicity: James Baldwin on the practiced illusion of effortless ...  more »prose, Isaac Asimov on the despotic tendencies of editors, John Cheever on the perils of drink, Ivan Turgenev on matrimony and the Muse. Here, too, are the secrets behind the sleight-of-hand practiced by artists from Aristotle to Rita Mae Brown. Sagacious, inspiring, and entertaining, Advice to Writers is an essential volume for the writer in every reader.  « less Post This Book Login | Register ISBN-13: 9780679763413 ISBN-10: 0679763414 Publication Date: 5/9/2000 Pages: 240 Rating: Currently 4.8/5 Stars.  2 4.8 stars, based on 2 ratings Publisher: Vintage Book Type: Paperback Other Versions: Hardcover Members Wishing: 11 Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review

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