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- Title: On Writing: Advice For Those Who Write To Publish (Or Would Like To)
- Author: George V. Higgins
- ISBN: 9780805011807
- Page: 153
- Format: Hardcover
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George V. Higgins
I bought this on a whim from a thrift store, with no idea who the author was, but it turned out to be really entertaining The info is hopelessly outdated references are made to typewriters, mailing hard copy manuscripts to publishers one at a time, and then famous writers who have not stood the test of time but Higgins s voice is brusque and bracing The effect at times is that of some cross between a drill sergeant and a hardboiled noir detective yelling at you to quit yer bellyachin and get wri [...]
Harold Bloom said somewhere that somebody else said somewhere else that every book reminds you of another Maybe Bloom himself said this, but I don t think so While reading this little, rather enjoyable book that also masquerades as a John O Hara lovefest, I was reminded of another book about writing that said that a mystery thriller novel should have the crime, the main character and the main conflicts all in the first few pages And then, while I was thinking this, Higgins the writer of crime no [...]
SummaryThis is a guide to writing which includes many samples of other writers that this author uses to discuss, compare and contrast different pieces of writing It is both informal and chatty in parts and not in others.The examples are interesting but sometimes a little too long like reading a book within a book , so it was tough to get through.It was not quite what I was expecting, I thought it was direct writing advice, but this is suited to writers who would enjoy looking at samples and dif [...]
A fairly pragmatic approach to what any writer faces in creating works of fiction, and then finding an editor to support his or her work, followed by the publishing It seems, according to Higgins, that no matter what aspect of writing you are approaching from creation to final publishing and then readership, you are hitting insurmountable wallsd I think he was reporting from the front, and honestly I ve constantly read that Friends of Eddie Coyle was his first workd it shot through the publishin [...]
A big disappointment to say the least I am a fan of Mr Higgins novels, but this was not even close to his best performance If you re looking for an alternative, try Stephen King s On Writing which is not only entertaining, but very insightful Half of this book was filled with excerpts from other novels stories which Mr Higgins found good examples of writing Nothing wrong with that, but when you spend ten plus pages copied directly from other works, where is his contribution In my opinion, you re [...]
Just read Higgins s 1990 book On Writing Out of print so got it second hand through Quite heavy going, but some interesting advice for writers One depressing fact he had 16 years of rejections before he was successful with The Friends of Eddie Coyle.Very dry humor eg There is only one form of stimulation that enables a publisher to achieve orgasm that provided by the New York Times bestseller list
A useful book worth reading, though, frankly, not as good as I d hoped it would be update I must of had a touch of the cholic when I wrote the above Beware of snap judgments This is a fine book Get it Read it Live it.
The advice was great Most of the included writing examples, however, were wayyyyyy too long.