Before We Get Started
Author: Lott, Bret
ISBN: 9780345478177
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 25 Jan 2005
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
For fans of Anne Lamott's beloved BIRD by BIRD, Annie Dillard's THE WRITING LIFE, Stephen King's ON WRITING, and Carolyn See's MAKING A LITERARY LIFE.BR>BR>This marvelous guide begins where other books on writing and the writing life leave off. Delving deep into the creative process, Bret Lott reveals truths we scarcely realized we needed to know but without which we as writers will soon lose our way. In ten intimate essays based on his own experiences and on the seasoned wisdom of writers including Eudora Welty, E. B. White, Henry David Thoreau, Henry James, and John Gardner, Lott explores such topics asbr>br>. why write? why keep writing?br>. the importance of simple wordsbr>. the finer points of character detailbr>. narrative and the passage of timebr>. the pitfalls of techniquebr>. making a plan-and letting it gobr>. risking failure-and reaping the benefitsbr>. Accepting rejectionbr>br>Writers travel alone, but Bret Lott's book makes the journey less lonely and infinitely more rewarding. Before We Get Started will help you make your work as good as it can be- "Pay attention recklessly. Strain to see through the window of your own artistic consciousness in the exhilarating knowledge that there is no path to the waterfall, and there are a million paths to the waterfall, and there is, too, only one path- yours."
ISBN: 9780345478177
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 25 Jan 2005
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
For fans of Anne Lamott's beloved BIRD by BIRD, Annie Dillard's THE WRITING LIFE, Stephen King's ON WRITING, and Carolyn See's MAKING A LITERARY LIFE.BR>BR>This marvelous guide begins where other books on writing and the writing life leave off. Delving deep into the creative process, Bret Lott reveals truths we scarcely realized we needed to know but without which we as writers will soon lose our way. In ten intimate essays based on his own experiences and on the seasoned wisdom of writers including Eudora Welty, E. B. White, Henry David Thoreau, Henry James, and John Gardner, Lott explores such topics asbr>br>. why write? why keep writing?br>. the importance of simple wordsbr>. the finer points of character detailbr>. narrative and the passage of timebr>. the pitfalls of techniquebr>. making a plan-and letting it gobr>. risking failure-and reaping the benefitsbr>. Accepting rejectionbr>br>Writers travel alone, but Bret Lott's book makes the journey less lonely and infinitely more rewarding. Before We Get Started will help you make your work as good as it can be- "Pay attention recklessly. Strain to see through the window of your own artistic consciousness in the exhilarating knowledge that there is no path to the waterfall, and there are a million paths to the waterfall, and there is, too, only one path- yours."
