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Writers on Writing
Writers on Writing: Inside the lives of 55 distinguished writers and editors (Writers on Writing #1) | Chip Scanlan
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What are the secrets of successful writers? How to become one? 55 writers and editors share the secrets behind their success. As a writer, lifelong student of the craft and an experienced writing teacher and coach, that question has possessed Chip Scanlan for 50 years. Over the decades, he's had the opportunity to pursue the answer by talking with hundreds of writers, from beginning students to Pulitzer Prize and National Magazine Award winners and bestselling authors. "Writers on Writing" explores the writing life with some of the most distinguished writers working today in the United States and Europe. Each interview consists of the same four questions about lessons learned, surprises, how each writer would describe themselves using a metaphor and what is the best writing advice anyone ever gave them. The answers are astonishing in their variety. As this book shows, every writer is different, whether they are journalists, novelists, poets, mystery writers, copywriters and technical writers. . Their philosophies vary. Their techniques differ. The advice from mentors, teachers, editors and fellow writers that guides them is distinct. They all, however, hew to a singular dedication to their craft. One that enables them to move past doubts, the reality that the more you write, the harder it gets. For beginning writers and veterans, their words offer not just inspiration but hope that their own writing dreams can come true.
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SomedayAlmost
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Said goodbye to the wonderful horror, crime, fantasy & sci-fi writers of Htown at my final Houston event. Will Miss all the cool people in the Houston literary community! #writingcommunity #moving #newchapter

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thereadingpal
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Mehso-so

In questo volume, Chip Scanlan intervista 55 autori, editor, giornalisti, screenwriter facendo loro le stesse quattro domande, adattandole ovviamente alla carriera dell‘intervistato. Alla fine di ogni intervista ci sono dei suggerimenti e delle domande a cui rispondere nel proprio diario di scrittura...

Full review on: https://worldofinterestsblogger.wordpress.com/2022/06/12/libri-writers-on-writin...

thereadingpal #bigjunereadathon @Clwojick
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks (my last free space)

📙 This is also a goal for #joysofjunereadathon @Andrew65 I wrote 1/2 Reviews
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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2y
Clwojick Way to go! 2y
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thereadingpal
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This is my #bookreport for this week.
I just finished Writers on Writing, and if all goes well tomorrow I'll write my review :)

📖 Currently reading
How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
L'amore nell'ebraismo by Catherine Chalier
La banalità del bene by Enrico Deaglio
From Akhenaten to Moses by Jan Assmann
Educare nelle periferie by Federico Zannoni

@Cinfhen

Cinfhen Are you currently in school? What are you studying? Is Italian your native language?? #CuriousMinds 2y
thereadingpal @Cinfhen yes, I'm taking a Master's Degree in Ancient History! And yes , Italian is my native language x) 2y
Cinfhen Very cool!! Happy reading 📖 2y
thereadingpal @Cinfhen thank you!!! To you as well! 2y
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thereadingpal
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Good morning!
These are the books I plan to finish/keep reading today ☺️ today also marks the beginning of #joysofjunereadathon organized by @Andrew65 !! Good luck with your goals, everyone. What will you be reading?

#netgalley #readathon

Andrew65 Good luck, great to have you with us. 😊 Still trying to pull my books together. 2y
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thereadingpal
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My reading of this book continues. I hope to finish and review it today.
Meanwhile, I answered over 30 mails for one of my two bookblogs... The rest of the team never answers them, it's either me or our boss Silvia. I was on the hospital for most of May and now I'm in recovery and NGL it pisses me off that the others don't collaborate bit what's one gotta do. Anyway. I'm enjoying the book despite some reviews I've seen!

#netgalley

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thereadingpal
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Finished studying for the day, time to dive into this book for tonight. I'm finding it good enough, but I really don't know any of these people lmao

#netgalley #booksaboutwriting

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thereadingpal

Goodmorning. I'm at the hospital to get some blood drawn, see if some levels are dropped. Walkjng with a crunch is hard but not feeling my leg and foot is worse.
Meanwhile, I actually forgot the tagged book but I read some of it last night and I'm overall enjoying it. It's an easy read

I have a question: for the people who have #netgalley ... What did you put in your profile? The little description? Thank you to the people who will answer ☺️

Birdsong28 I just clicked the option for Consumer reviewer and that I use Goodreads, Amazon and Litsy. 2y
thereadingpal @Birdsong28 thank you for your input! I'll add that, I only spoke about my bookblog 2y
rabbitprincess Hope everything went well at the hospital ♥️ 2y
thereadingpal @rabbitprincess it did, thank you! On Saturday I have another visit and I'm waiting for the results of another one. This one's a long story 2y
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thereadingpal
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Some lighter reading before my Bibliotheconomy class starts ☺️ I was tired of studying lol

This book's premise is interesting but I've read on review that made me a bit suspicious... Mmmh, we'll see!

Also I'll add this book to my #bigjunereadathon and my #bookspinbingo (free space), because it's a book I picked from NetGalley today and wasn't in the program

#netgalley #onwriting #nonfiction

@TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick

Clwojick 🌼🌼🌼 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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