On Writing and Failure - Couverture souple

Marche, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1914502086 ISBN 13 : 9781914502088

Editeur : Sort of Books, 2023

Synopsis

'Good writers offer advice. Great writers offer condolences'

If you want to be a writer, then you'd better be ready to hurl yourself at the door. That's the message from Stephen Marche in this irresistibly droll broadside. Perseverance, in the teeth of rejection, forms the essence of a writer's life. It's what it takes, so no whining.

Even the greatest of writers grapple with failure. Marche's provocative, often very funny vignettes range through literary history from Samuel Johnson ('broke as f*ck') to Jane Austen's lacklustre publishing deals, to Dostoevsky facing mock-execution. The trick is to endure. As James Baldwin famously exhorts us: 'Write. Find a way to keep alive and write.'

For new and seasoned writers, Marche's words are salutary and, in a paradoxical way, consoling.
All writers are up against it. Success is just an attire.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stephen Marche is a novelist and culture writer who has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Esquire, and many other outlets, including influential essays about writing and AI. He lives in Toronto with his wife and children.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sort of Books
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1914502086
• ISBN 13: 9781914502088
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 112
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible