Stephen Koch
Autor(a) de The Modern Library Writer's Workshop: A Guide to the Craft of Fiction
About the Author
Stephen Koch is the author of two novels and many books of nonfiction on subjects ranging from Andy Warhol to World War II. The director of the Peter Hujar Archive, he lives with his wife in New York and has one daughter.
Obras por Stephen Koch
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1941-05-08
- Sexo
- male
- Local de nascimento
- St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Locais de residência
- Northfield, Minnesota, USA
- Ocupações
- literary critic
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Craft Books (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 13
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 667
- Popularidade
- #37,822
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 12
- ISBN
- 44
- Línguas
- 7
It seems to be full of wisdom that makes sense in retrospect or maybe summarizes intuitions that an intermediate-writer might have been struggling to make, and I think an intermediate writer might get a lot more out of this than I did.
As an actual total beginner, though, it's a little all over the place. I was able to get a few really nice solid stand-alone tips out of it, but I feel like it was lots of tips for problems I haven't encountered yet as opposed to 'how to begin'.
Still, it is deeply encouraging (except for a random chapter close to the beginning which is deliberately discouraging for 'realism') and full of the writer's personal musing so you kind of get the idea of what he's feeling and has felt while engaging in writing and generally seems positive.… (mais)