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Why We Write

20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do

20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do

Edited by Meredith Maran

Edited by Meredith Maran

Edited by Meredith Maran

Edited by Meredith Maran

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    About Why We Write

    Twenty of America’s bestselling authors share tricks, tips, and secrets of the successful writing life.

    Anyone who’s ever sat down to write a novel or even a story knows how exhilarating and heartbreaking writing can be. So what makes writers stick with it? In Why We Write, twenty well-known authors candidly share what keeps them going and what they love most—and least—about their vocation.

    Contributing authors include:
    Isabel Allende
    David Baldacci
    Jennifer Egan
    James Frey
    Sue Grafton
    Sara Gruen
    Kathryn Harrison
    Gish Jen
    Sebastian Junger
    Mary Karr
    Michael Lewis
    Armistead Maupin
    Terry McMillan
    Rick Moody
    Walter Mosley
    Susan Orlean
    Ann Patchett
    Jodi Picoult
    Jane Smiley
    Meg Wolitzer

    About Why We Write

    Twenty of America’s bestselling authors share tricks, tips, and secrets of the successful writing life.

    Anyone who’s ever sat down to write a novel or even a story knows how exhilarating and heartbreaking writing can be. So what makes writers stick with it? In Why We Write, twenty well-known authors candidly share what keeps them going and what they love most—and least—about their vocation.

    Contributing authors include:
    Isabel Allende
    David Baldacci
    Jennifer Egan
    James Frey
    Sue Grafton
    Sara Gruen
    Kathryn Harrison
    Gish Jen
    Sebastian Junger
    Mary Karr
    Michael Lewis
    Armistead Maupin
    Terry McMillan
    Rick Moody
    Walter Mosley
    Susan Orlean
    Ann Patchett
    Jodi Picoult
    Jane Smiley
    Meg Wolitzer

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    About Meredith Maran

    Like a lot of women her age, MEREDITH MARAN has a hard time believing she’s a woman of her age. And yet she’s published more than a dozen books, including The New Old Me, Why We Write About Ourselves, Why We Write, My Lie, and A Theory of… More about Meredith Maran

    About Meredith Maran

    Like a lot of women her age, MEREDITH MARAN has a hard time believing she’s a woman of her age. And yet she’s published more than a dozen books, including The New Old Me, Why We Write About Ourselves, Why We Write, My Lie, and A Theory of… More about Meredith Maran

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Criticism | Essays & Literary Collections

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Plume
    Jan 29, 2013 | 256 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780452298156

    Category: Literary Criticism | Essays & Literary Collections

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Plume
    Jan 29, 2013 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9781101602829

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    Praise

    “If writing were illegal I’d be in prison. I can’t not write. It’s a compulsion.” —David Baldacci

    “When I’m writing… I’m living in two different dimensions: this life I’m living now…and this completely other world I’m inhabiting that no one else knows about.” —Jennifer Egan

    “Every story is a seed inside of me that starts to grow and grow, like a tumor, and I have to deal with it sooner or later.” —Isabel Allende

    “In the beginning, it was that sense of losing time. Now…I have the sense that I can biff the world a bit. I can exert a force.” —Michael Lewis

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