One of the best books on writing out there.
A quick review for a quick read. My e-copy for "Good Prose" was about 149 pages and while it was brief, the read itself didn't feel that way as it was packed with experiences narrated between author Tracy Kidder and his editor Richard Todd. I wouldn't say this is a traditional "guide" to writing, ...
There's a lot of good and interesting information in this book given in a warm manner that I found surprisingly comforting. I've read and heard many interviews with writers on the subject of writing and most of their comments can be summed up by Hemingway's quote “There is nothing to writing. All yo...
Insightful, full of sage advice, and frequently entertaining.
Wanna-be writers like me are always looking for good books on good writing. I love Tracy Kidder’s writing and, if Richard Todd is, indeed, Kidder’s long-time editor, then he is also on my Good Boy list. So I thus fell into that old trap of Anticipating and Having Expectations that so often disappoin...
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