On Becoming a Novelist by Mr John Gardner

On Becoming a Novelist by Mr John Gardner

On Becoming a Novelist contains the wisdom accumulated during John Gardner's distinguished twenty-year career as a fiction writer and creative writing teacher. 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. For a certain kind of person, Gardner writes, nothing is more joyful or satisfying than the life of a novelist. But no other vocation, he is quick to add, is so fraught with professional and spiritual difficulties. 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. A miraculously detailed account of the creative process.--Anne Tyler, Baltimore Sun

Gardner, John Fentress: -

John Fentress Gardner (1912-1998) was a lecturer and writer on education, spirituality, and America. After studies at Teachers' College, Columbia University, he became faculty chair at the Waldorf school in Garden City, New York. He directed the Waldorf Institute for Liberal Education in conjunction with Adelphi University and was founding chair of the Council for Educational Freedom in America, director of the Waldorf Institute for Liberal Education, and chair of the Myrin Institute for Adult Education in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780060149567
ISBN 10	0060149566
Title	On Becoming a Novelist
Author	Mr John Gardner
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	1983-12-31
Number of pages	150
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