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

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 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.

Author: Jon Winokur
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05/09/2000
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.66w x 0.57d
ISBN13: 9780679763413
ISBN10: 0679763414
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing | General
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing | Authorship
- Reference | Quotations

About the Author
Jon Winokur is the author of a dozen books, including The Portable Curmudgeon and The Rich Are Different. He lives in Pacific Palisades, California.