On Becoming a Novelist
by John C. Gardner
This is another of the classics. Gardner was a successful novelist in the States, but possibly an even more successful teacher of creative writing. There are two works by him. On Becoming a Novelist is the more succinct.
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“This is another one of the classics. He was quite a successful novelist in the States, but possibly an even more successful teacher of creative writing. The short story writer and poet Raymond Carver, for instance, was one of his students. And he died young in a motorcycle accident when he was 49. “ Read more...
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