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The Craftsmanship of Writing
Frederic Taber Cooper
The Craftsmanship of Writing
Frederic Taber Cooper
The author writes, "There has probably never been a time when so large a number of men and women, of all sorts and conditions, have yielded to the lure of authorship-and the elemental, naive, and random questions that they often ask show that there has never been a time when so many were in need of a word of friendly guidance. And this is precisely what the present volume claims to give. It does not pretend to point a royal road to literature. It has no ambition to create new authors. The aim of The Craftsmanship of Writing is to help would-be writers to reach a somewhat saner, more logical understanding of the real nature of the profession, both technical and artistic; to discount its delays and disappointments; and above all, to learn to help themselves by intelligent self-criticism. The most that this book or any other can do is to guide them away from certain wrong paths and toward certain right ones; they must cultivate industry, the art of taking infinite pains, and the habit of looking upon today's failures as the stepping-stones toward tomorrow's success. The laurels of authorship are worth the winning largely because there is no primrose path leading to them." But this book will help.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 23, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9781434103093 |
Publishers | The Editorium |
Pages | 110 |
Dimensions | 229 × 152 × 7 mm · 172 g |
Language | English |
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