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OverviewFind creative inspiration in this fascinating rummage through the wastebaskets, secret diaries, and abandoned files of 20 literary superstars. Find creative inspiration in this fascinating rummage through the wastebaskets, secret diaries, and abandoned files of 20 literary superstars. If you like to write-whether it's a pastime, a passion, or a profession-you've probably found yourself reading something brilliant and thinking, ""I could never do this! I might as well give up."" But if there's one thing every great author has in common, it's this- they've all written some hot garbage. In Revisionaries, a writing expert takes you on an engrossing tour through the discarded drafts, false starts, and abandoned projects of influential writers. In the process, he dismantles some of our most deeply held-and most suffocating-ideas about what it takes to produce great creative work. You'll learn that- Franz Kafka lacked confidence Octavia Butler had writer's block F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote bad drafts Ralph Ellison got overwhelmed Louisa May Alcott got off to a bad start And more deep, dark secrets about the authors you most admire Written by an award-winning novelist and creative-writing professor, Revisionaries is a compelling peek behind the scenes of genius for writers and readers alike. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kristopher JansmaPublisher: Quirk Books Imprint: Quirk Books Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9781683693734ISBN 10: 1683693736 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 15 October 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews“Aspiring novelists will be heartened.”—Publishers Weekly Author InformationKristopher Jansma is the author of the novels Our Narrow Hiding Places, Why We Came to the City, and The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards. He is the winner of the Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the recipient of an honorable mention for the PEN/Hemingway Award. His short fiction, distinguished in The Best American Short Stories 2016, has been published in The Sun, Alaska Quarterly Review, Prairie Schooner, Story, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere. Kristopher is an associate professor of English and director of the creative writing program at SUNY New Paltz College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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