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Revisionaries : What We Can Learn from the Lost, Unfinished, and Just Plain Bad Work of Great Writers - Kristopher Jansma

Revisionaries

What We Can Learn from the Lost, Unfinished, and Just Plain Bad Work of Great Writers

By: Kristopher Jansma

eBook | 15 October 2024

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"A pocket-size book of wonders. . . . Both astute and empathetic."—Wall Street Journal Find creative inspiration in this fascinating rummage through the wastebaskets, secret diaries, and abandoned files of 20 literary superstars. In Revisionaries, a writing expert takes you on an engrossing tour through the discarded drafts, false starts, and abandoned projects of influential writers. In the process, he dismantles some of our most deeply held—and most suffocating—ideas about what it takes to produce great creative work. You'll learn that: Franz Kafka lacked confidence Octavia Butler had writer's block F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote bad drafts Ralph Ellison got overwhelmed Louisa May Alcott got off to a bad start And more deep, dark secrets about the authors you most admire Written by an award-winning novelist and creative-writing professor, Revisionaries is a compelling peek behind the scenes of genius for writers and readers alike. "Aspiring novelists will be heartened."—Publishers Weekly
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