![]() A miraculously detailed account of the creative process. Whether discussing the supposed value of writer's workshops, explaining the role of the novelist's agent and editor, or railing against the seductive fruits of literary elitism, On Becoming a Novelist is an indispensable, life-affirming handbook for anyone authentically called to the profession. The best thing I can say about this little gem of a volume is that it helped this would-be novelist make considerable progress on my dormant manuscript. But no other vocation, he is quick to add, is so fraught with professional and spiritual difficulties. This simple book, On Becoming a Novelist,' has become a classic since John Gardners estate granted publication rights shortly after his death in 1982. For a certain kind of person, Gardner writes, nothing is more joyful or satisfying than the life of a novelist. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. ![]() With elegance, humor, and sophistication, Gardner describes the life of a working novelist warns what needs to be guarded against, both from within the writer and from without and predicts what the writer can reasonably expect and what, in general, he or she cannot. On Becoming a Novelist is written by John Gardner and published by Open Road Media. ![]() ![]() On Becoming a Novelist contains the wisdom accumulated during John Gardner's distinguished twenty-year career as a fiction writer and creative writing teacher. ![]()
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