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Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors
Ernest Hemingway, Zadie Smith, Joan Didion, Franz Kafka, David Foster Wallace, and more. In Process, acclaimed journalist Sarah Stodola examines the creative methods of literature's most transformative figures. Each chapter contains a mini biography of one of the world's most lauded authors, focused solely on his or her writing process. Unlike how-to books that preach writing techniques or rules, Process puts the true methods of writers on display in their most captivating incarnation: within the context of the lives from which they sprang. Drawn from both existing material and original research and interviews, Stodola brings to light the fascinating, unique, and illuminating techniques behind these literary behemoths.
Book Details
- Publisher: Amazon Publishing
- Publish Date: Jan 20th, 2015
- Pages: 270
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.40in - 0.90in - 0.60lb
- EAN: 9781477801086
- Categories: • Writing - General• Style Manuals• Literary Figures
About the Author
Sarah Stodola is a writer and journalist who has contributed to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Nation, Daily Beast, and Awl, as well as Condé Nast Traveler and Slate, among others publications. She founded the literary journal Me Three and served as an adjunct scholar for Lapham's Quarterly. She is currently the editorial director of Strolby.
Praise for this book
"Fascinating...Stodola takes an intimate and well-researched look inside the habits and traditions of 18 of your favorite writers." --Flavorwire
"[Sarah Stodola] spent the last few years researching, studying, obsessing over the peculiar writing habits of artists ranging from Didion to Hemingway, Rushdie to Morrison, Kafka to Wallace." --Dig Boston
"Completely devoured it ... really interesting stuff in short, punchy chapters." --A.C. Fuller, host of the Writer 2.0 Podcast
"[A] well--researched book that is affably written and organized...Stodola has focused on the "horizontal and vertical," things that avid readers might find interesting, such as the controlling "image" that guides Toni Morrison's work or how much time Ernest Hemingway really gave over to socializing. I was reminded of peculiar trivia I had read years ago, but hadn't fully appreciated at the time: James Joyce's early infatuation with Henrik Ibsen, Philip Roth's habit of writing hundreds of pages before finding the first useable syllable." --The Millions
"Feast on writerly habits, including Toni Morrison's penchant for No. 2 pencils, Junot Diaz's stand-up writing style, and Joan Didion's self-reward: one drink each night after work." --Mental Floss
"Stodola's approach to Franz and Toni and Margaret and Virginia is accessible and welcoming." --Entropy Magazine