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If there’s one topic that writers can be counted on to tackle at least once in their working lives, it’s writing itself. A good thing too, especially for all those aspiring writers out there looking for a little bit of guidance. For some winter inspiration and honing of your craft, here you’ll find ten great essays on writing, from the classic to the contemporary, from the specific to the all-encompassing.
Note: there are many, many, many great essays on writing. Bias has been extended here to personal favorites and those available to read online. Also of note but not included: full books on the subject like Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, Stephen King’s On Writing, and Ron Carlson’s Ron Carlson Writes a Story, or, in a somewhat different sense, David Shields’ Reality Hunger, for those looking for a longer commitment. Read on, and add your own favorite essays on writing to the list in the comments. … Read More
Note: there are many, many, many great essays on writing. Bias has been extended here to personal favorites and those available to read online. Also of note but not included: full books on the subject like Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, Stephen King’s On Writing, and Ron Carlson’s Ron Carlson Writes a Story, or, in a somewhat different sense, David Shields’ Reality Hunger, for those looking for a longer commitment. Read on, and add your own favorite essays on writing to the list in the comments. … Read More
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Favourite lessons on writing: Gordon Dryden's choice:
The Economist's leader on simple English: Out With The Long, October 7, 2004. Model essay: all in words of one syllable.
Best book on how to write, both fiction and nonfiction: Stein on Writing, by Sol Stein, St. Martins Press, New York (1995).
Favourite sentence (the shortest in The Bible, as I recall): Jesus wept.
Favourite book opening: It was a cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. George Orwell, 1984.
Favourite gift for a writer: Gordon McLauchlan's beautifully-bound book on my 50th birthday (or was it my 60th?), entitled The Collected Works of Gordon William John Dryden. All the pages were blank.
Thanks for filling them in again this year, Bookman.
Season's greetings.
Gordon The Younger
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