Description
In this funny and perceptive collection, novelist and essayist Robert Cohen shares his thoughts on the writing process and then puts these prescriptions into practice--from how to rant effectively as an essayist and novelist ("The Piano has been Drinking"), how to achieve your own style, naming characters (and creating them), how one manages one's own identity with being "a writer" in time and space, to the use of reference and allusion in one's work. Cohen is a deft weaver of allusion himself. In lieu of telling the reader how to master the elements of writing fiction, he shows them through the work of the writers who most influenced his own development, including Bellow, Lawrence, Chekhov, and Babel. Rooted in his own experiences, this collection of essays shows readers how to use their influences and experiences to create bold, personal, and individual work. While the first part of the book teaches writing, the essays in the second part show how these elements come together.
Author: Robert Cohen
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 08/16/2022
Pages: 134
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.00w x 0.33d
ISBN13: 9780472055555
ISBN10: 0472055550
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing | Fiction Writing
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
About the Author
Robert Cohen is Professor of English and American Literatures at Middlebury College.