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Notes, Essays, & Advice on Writing, &
Ponderings on Writers & the Writing Life
By Jim Stovall
If you are fascinated by writers and writing, The Writing Wright offers a box of chocolates you can’t refuse. Jim Stovall, a writer and teacher of writing for more than thirty years, has sprinkled quotations and stories from many writers with his own insight, instruction and commentary. Here you’ll find:
• Mark Twain’s critique of the writing for James Fenimore Cooper
• Ernest Hemingway’s attitude toward punctuation
• How expensive a misspelling can be
• Down-to-earth instruction on the glue of writing
• When Tom Clancy learned about submarines
• What Satchel Paige said about braggin’
• What H.L. Mencken thought about being a reporter
And much more.
Richly illustrated by the author, this book is one of those that you plan to pick up for just a moment and then an hour later you find you’re still reading it. And you will do the same thing again the next day. The Writing Wright draws you in and teaches you something about writing – lessons you can learn over and over.
