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The spooky art, some thoughts on writing, Norman Mailer

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The spooky art, some thoughts on writing, Norman Mailer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references ([311]-320) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The spooky art

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

606928310

Responsibility statement

Norman Mailer

Sub title

some thoughts on writing

Summary

In [this book, the author] discusses with signature candor the rewards and trials of the writing life, and recommends the tools to navigate it. Addressing the reader in a conversational tone, he draws on the best of more than fifty years of his own criticism, advice, and detailed observations about the writer's craft. [He] explores, among other topics, the use of first person versus third person, the pressing need for discipline, the pitfalls of early success, and the dire matter of coping with bad reviews. While [the book] offers a ... preview of what can lie in wait for the student and fledgling writer, [it] also has a great deal to say to more advanced writers on the contrary demands of plot and character, the demon writer's block, and the curious ins-and-outs of publishing. Throughout, [the author] ties in examples from his own career, and reflects on the works of his fellow writers, living and dead -- Twain, Melville, Faulkner, Hemingway, Updike, Didion, Bellow, Styron, Beckett, and a host of others.-Dust jacket

Table Of Contents

Lit Biz -- Craft -- Psychology -- Philosophy -- Genre -- Giants

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