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Title: On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardner, Raymond Carver ISBN: 0-393-32003-0 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.85 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Not Exactly a 'Writing Book'
Comment: If you want Gardner's opinion on plot, characterization, symbolism, tone, and the like, try his 'Art of Fiction' (which is also very good.)
This book deals more with the non-literary aspects of the writing lifestyle. It answers questions like "How do I know if I have what it takes to be a novelist?" "Should I get an MFA?" "What about writer's conferences? Are they any good?" "How do I deal with editors and agents?"... and so forth.
Gardner reveals many of the same prejudices as in 'Art of Fiction', but he is man enough to admit readily that they are just preferences. His target audience is Joseph Heller, not Dean Koontz or Nora Ephron. Nevertheless much of his advice can be valuable to any young writer.
Rating: 5
Summary: Required reading for writers-to-be
Comment: I read a lot of John Gardner's books about 25 years ago, and only recently started reading his books for writers. As an aspiring fictionist myself, I drank up his comments and advice in this book. Gardner was a strange bird, who didn't walk the walk - he rails often in his writings against some of the very types of writing he committed. But he remains one of America's original voices, and this brief book should be read by anyone who wants to write fiction.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good for creative prose writers in general
Comment: I recommend this book for any serious creative prose writer. The wisdom and guidance given in this book is extremely helpful. Gardner covers it all; he says things I wish I could, or don't have the time to say to students in my classes.
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Title: The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner ISBN: 0679734031 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster ISBN: 0156091801 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1956 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande ISBN: 0874771641 Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 01 March, 1981 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: On Moral Fiction (Basic Books Classics) by John Gardner, John C. Gardner ISBN: 0465052266 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1979 List Price(USD): $18.50 |
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Title: Writing Fiction (6th Edition) by Janet Burroway, Susan Weinberg ISBN: 0321117956 Publisher: Longman Publishing Group Pub. Date: 10 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $58.00 |
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