Stephen Marche
On Writing and Failure
On Writing and Failure
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Stephen Marche's book offers advice to aspiring writers, emphasizing perseverance and the resilience needed to face rejection. He shares humorous vignettes from literary history, highlighting the struggles of famous writers like Samuel Johnson and Jane Austen. Marche's message is that success is just an attire and all writers are up against it, but perseverance and the will to keep writing can lead to success.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 112 pages
Publication date: 09 November 2023
Publisher: Sort of Books
Good writers offer advice. Great writers offer condolences. If you want to be a writer, then you'd better be ready to hurl yourself at the door. That's the message from Stephen Marche in this irresistibly droll broadside. Perseverance, in the teeth of rejection, forms the essence of a writer's life. It's what it takes, so no whining. Even the greatest of writers grapple with failure. Marche's provocative, often very funny vignettes range through literary history from Samuel Johnson (broke as f*ck) to Jane Austen's lackluster publishing deals, to Dostoevsky facing mock execution. The trick is to endure. As James Baldwin famously exhorts us: Write. Find a way to keep alive and write. For new and seasoned writers, Marche's words are salutary and, in a paradoxical way, consoling. All writers are up against it. Success is just an attire.
Good writers offer advice. Great writers offer condolences. If you want to be a writer, then you'd better be ready to hurl yourself at the door. That's the message from Stephen Marche in this irresistibly droll broadside. Perseverance, in the teeth of rejection, forms the essence of a writer's life. It's what it takes, so no whining. Even the greatest of writers grapple with failure. Marche's provocative, often very funny vignettes range through literary history from Samuel Johnson (broke as f*ck) to Jane Austen's lackluster publishing deals, to Dostoevsky facing mock execution. The trick is to endure. As James Baldwin famously exhorts us: Write. Find a way to keep alive and write. For new and seasoned writers, Marche's words are salutary and, in a paradoxical way, consoling. All writers are up against it. Success is just an attire.
Weight: 10g
Dimension: 176 x 108 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781914502088
Edition number: Main
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