The Secret Miracle: The Novelist's Handbook
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781429935838 (1429935839)
Publish date: April 13th 2010
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Information on the writing process of various authors. I always knew writing was magical....
Those who are looking for a prescriptive text will be disappointed. As the editor explains, "This book is not a how-to. No such book exists because it cannot be written."That's actually one of the reasons that I so enjoyed this collection. No sooner had one writer said "Of course I write with an out...
Imagine a round table discussion with 54 well-known and fabulous writers: Aleksandar Hemon, Claire Messud, Rick Moody, Stephen King, Gary Shteyngart, Daniel Handler, Haruki Murakami, and so forth. A question is presented to the group about the process of writing a novel, and writers chime in with h...