Becoming a writer / Dorothea Brande ; foreword by John Gardner
- Author:
- Brande, Dorothea, 1893-1948
- Published:
- Los Angeles : J.P. Tarcher, [1981]
Boston : Distributed by Houghton Mifflin. - Physical Description:
- 186 pages ; 21 cm
- Contents:
- Foreword by John Gardner -- In Introduction -- 1. The four difficulties -- 2. What writers are like -- 3. The advantages of duplicity -- 4. Interlude: On taking advice -- 5. Harnessing the unconscious -- 6. Writing on schedule -- 7. The first survey -- 8. The critic at work on himself -- 9. Readings as a writer -- 10. On imitation -- 11. Learning to see again -- 12. The source of originality -- 13. The writer's recreation -- 14. The practice story -- 15. The great discovery -- 16. The third person, genius -- 17. The writer's magic -- In conclusion: Some prosaic pointers.
- Summary:
- Describes a writer's temperament and how to develop a writer's habits, originality, and insight, imitate exemplary works, read critically, and overcome writing difficulties.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 0874771641
9780874771640 - Note:
- Reprint of the 1934 ed. published by Harcourt, Brace, New York.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179) and index.
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