Swallowed By a Whale: How to Survive the Writing Life - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0712353038 ISBN 13 : 9780712353038

Editeur : British Library Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

'Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.' -- Gabriel García Márquez In this specially-commissioned anthology, sixty accomplished authors share secrets and insights into their writing lives: on their inspirations, methods, wild ideas and daily routines; on the pleasure and the pain in achieving their literary goals; on how they started out and how they hope to continue. They outline some golden rules for staying on track and talk candidly about what goes wrong as well as right. We hear from novelists, poets, biographers, and childrens writers; illustrators, campaigners, teachers, mothers, husbands, an entrepreneur turned surfboard shaper, a quantum physicist, an opera librettist, and a Laureate who loves dragons. All writers. We have emerging talents in our team alongside much-loved authors whose books have sold in millions. Each reflects in their own way on the creative process and the compulsion to write. How to find inspiration? How to get the words right? How to cope with writers block? How to handle bad reviews? How to become a better reader? Pencil or computer? Inside or out? And where do the good ideas really come from? Swallowed by a Whale includes contributions from: Kwame Alexander, Anthony Browne, Cressida Cowell, Isabelle Dupuy, Inua Ellams, Lev Grossman, Joanne Harris, Catherine Johnson, Thomas Keneally, Neal Layton, David Mitchell, Beverley Naidoo, Chibundu Onuzo, Chris Riddell, Francesca Simon, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Raynor Winn and many more.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Huw Lewis-Jones is an author, teacher, naturalist and polar expedition leader whose work has been published in many languages. His past books include Ocean Portraits, In Search of the South Pole, The Conquest of Everest and Explorers' Sketchbooks. His most recent edited collections are the acclaimed and bestselling The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands and Archipelago: An Atlas of Imagined Islands. Huw lives in Cornwall.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: British Library Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0712353038
• ISBN 13: 9780712353038
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Lewis-Jones Huw
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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