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  • ISBN: 0747200998
  • Category: Reference
  • Author: Jon Winokur
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  • Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (November 3, 1988)
  • Pages: 255 pages
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  • Rating: 4.2
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Город: Los Angeles, CAПодписчиков: 488 ты. себе: Writerly wisdom of the ages collected b. .

Город: Los Angeles, CAПодписчиков: 488 ты. себе: Writerly wisdom of the ages collected by the author of Advice To Writers, The Big Book of Irony, and The Portable Curmudgeon.

This book of quotes on writing is very good. It puzzles me beyond belief that "Writers on Writing" is out of print. Jon Winokur did a great job not only in collecting the quotes but in organizing the quotes by theme. I recommend this book because of the wealth of knowledge and inspiration that can be found in short quotes. This book is a grand, well-chosen collection of quotes on such apects of writing-from getting published, to starting out, to writer's block. Jon Winokur is a quote-collecting master. When I first became serious about writing, I found this book at my local library, and found it hard to put down, and extremely helpful and insightful. I recommend this book because of the wealth of knowledge and inspiration that can be found in short quotes

This book of quotes on writing is very good. One of the quotes in the book is a good summary of this book: "When someone has the wit to coin a useful phrase, it ought to be acclaimed and broadcast or it will perish" - Jack Smith. Thank you, Mr. Winokur for "broadcasting" the hundreds of quotes about writing in your book

Writers on Writing book. Lovely paper and lovely graphic flourishes

Writers on Writing book. Lovely paper and lovely graphic flourishes. It's fun to dive into the book, ramdomly, to find little gems of advice, musings and wise observations.

Born in Detroit, the son of Martin M. and Elinor Winokur, he attended Temple University (BA, 1970) and the University of West Los Angeles (JD, 1980). MasterTips (Potshot Press, 1985). Writers on Writing (Running Press, 1986). The Portable Curmudgeon (NAL, 1987). Zen to Go (NAL, 1988). A Curmudgeon’s Garden of Love (NAL, 1989). Friendly Advice (Dutton, 1990). Mondo Canine (Dutton, 1991). True Confessions (Dutton, 1992).

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I found the book Advice to Writers written or compiled by Jon Winokur to be very inspirational. It’s basically a book filled with.

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In Advice to Writers, Jon Winokur, author of the bestselling The Portable Curmudgeon, gathers the counsel of more than four hundred celebrated authors in a treasury on the world of writing. Here, too, are the secrets behind the sleight-of-hand practiced by artists from Aristotle to Rita Mae Brown.

Jon Winokur has written: 'The Rich Are Different'. The Return of the Portable Curmudgeon'. The Big Book of Irony'. Zen to go' - subject(s): Quotations, maxims, Zen Buddhism. The Daily Curmudgeon Calendar 1992'. Friendly advice' - subject(s): American wit and humor, English Quotations, Humor, Life skills, Quotations, English, Quotations, maxims. Zen to go' - subject(s): Quotations, maxims, Zen Buddhism


Reviews about Writers on Writing (6):
Watikalate
This book of quotes on writing is very good. Jon Winokur did a great job not only in collecting the quotes but in organizing the quotes by theme. I recommend this book because of the wealth of knowledge and inspiration that can be found in short quotes. One of the quotes in the book is a good summary of this book: "When someone has the wit to coin a useful phrase, it ought to be acclaimed and broadcast or it will perish" -- Jack Smith. Thank you, Mr. Winokur for "broadcasting" the hundreds of quotes about writing in your book. The four-star rating that I give is simply my preference for quotes to have their sources with them. The quotes in the book and followed by only the author's name. However, in this age of Internet searches, one can plug into a search engine (e.g., Google) a few words of a quote along with the author's name and find probably 95 percent of the actual sources of the quotes. Suggestion: When using search engine, use quotations marks around the phrase so the engine searches for all the words together.
Rgia
Purchased based on reviews. This book is a gem. Keep handy to get through times when writing doesn't come easy. Especially enjoy the information of favorite writers. Recommend this to anyone interested in writing or writers.
The Rollers of Vildar
This is a wonderful treasure for people who like quotations;and even more so if you like quotations abour books,writers,critics and readers.
This book is the result of a personal collection of quotations by the author from the time he was only 17 and had his first notion of becoming a writer.
Being a rather small book of 5 1/2" X 6 1/4 " ;it might appear to be insignificient sitting on the bookshelf;but don't let that fool you.It is 372 pages with many hundreds of quotations by over 500 different writers. While some are from outside America,most are from the US.The breadth and variety of people and topics is exceeding great for a book of this type. The quotations are presented under 50 different subjects .Just to show the subjects covered;let me list a few; Best-Sellers,Censorship,Colleagues,Critics,Editors,Fiction,Money,Output,Fame,
Publicity,Posterity,Techniques,Work Habits,Readers and Reading,Publishers,Success and on and on.
Then at the back of the book we are given two indexes;one by Writers and another, Alphabetically.
You are sure to find quotes from most of your favorite writers and also many you may not be as familiar with;but you are going to be astounded with the quotes Winokur has assembled for your enjoyment.
This book was first written in 1986 and reprinted a few times,and when you see how comprehensive it is,it's little wonder it is still available.If there is any shortcoming,it has to be that there are no quotations from some of the more "recent writers" such as McMurtry ,King and so on;so maybe we will see a new updated edition edition one of these days.Here are a couple of quotes you'll find here;

"There are no dull subjects.There are only dull writers." H.L.Mencken

"Write without pay until someone offers to pay;if nobody offers within
three years,sawing wood is what you were intended for." Mark Twain

"I'm a commercial writer,not an "author". Margaret Mitchell was an
author.She wrote one book." Mickey Spillane

"I have never been a title man.I don't give a damn what it is called."
John Steinbeck

"I think you must remember that a writer is a simple-minded person
to begin with and go on that basis.He's not a great mind,he's not a
great thinker,he's not a great philosopher,he's a storyteller."
Erskine Caldwell

"A writer has nothing to say after forty;if he is clever he knows how
to hide it." Georges Simenon

"His style is chaos,illuminated by flashes of lightning. As a writer he
has mastered everything but language;as a novelist he can do
everything but tell a story;as an artist,he is everything,except
articulate. Oscar Wilde on George Meredith

"He festooned the dung heap on which he had placed himself with
sonnets as people grow honeysuckle around outdoor privies." Quentin
Crisp on Oscar Wilde
Nuadora
Out of the hundreds of books in my personal library, this is one of my favorite quote texts. It is a huge tome of 372 pages of wit and profound quotations by writers about writing. It covers an enormous amount of material. It has valuable advice to young writers, as well as quotes from all aspects of the writer's life. This is a book about the trials and tribulations of being a writer. Every serious writer knows the emotional roller coaster ride involved in their vocation. The well-known writers in this volume sometimes contradict each other, but it does not matter. This is a book for anyone who is a writer or who aspires to become a writer.

Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Haiku Moments: How to read, write and enjoy Haiku).
Andromathris
It puzzles me beyond belief that "Writers on Writing" is out of print. This book is a grand, well-chosen collection of quotes on such apects of writing--from getting published, to starting out, to writer's block. Jon Winokur is a quote-collecting master. When I first became serious about writing, I found this book at my local library, and found it hard to put down, and extremely helpful and insightful. I was being taught by the likes of such literary greats as Truman Capote, Lewis Carroll, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. This is an educational journey all the way through, using down to earth quotes from those who know, rather than a drawn out step-by-step instructional book. It cured my writer's block, and improved my amateur work. Required reading for aspiring writers.
Dellevar
I could cry that this book is out of print. I pored over its pages when I was first writing fiction. I highlighted stuff. It kept me going. I still refer to it. We can hear the voices of writers in it, dead and alive.

Like this:

"A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual." --Vladimir Nabokov

"We have art in order not to die of the truth."--Friedrich Nietzsche

"Poets have to dream, and dreaming in America is no cinch."--Saul Bellow

"There is no way of being a creative writer in America without being a loser."--Nelson Algren

"Writers don't have lifestyles. They sit in little rooms and write."--Norman Mailer

"I never wanted to grow up to be a writer; I just wanted to grow up to be an adult."--Toni Morrrison

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