The Spooky Art: Some Thoughts on Writing
By Norman Mailer.
Description
“Writing is spooky. There is no routine of an office to keep you going, only the blank page eachmorning, and you never know where your words are coming from, those divine words.”In The Spooky Art, Norman Mailer discusses with signature candor the rewards and trials of the writing life, and recommends the tools to navigate it. Addressing the reader in a conversational tone, he draws on the best of more than fifty years of his own criticism, advice, and detailed observations about the writer’s craft. Mailer explores, among other topics, the use of first person versus third p...
ISBN(s)
0394536487, 9780394536484