Kristopher Jansma: Revisionaries, Gebunden
Revisionaries
- What We Can Learn from the Lost, Unfinished, and Just Plain Bad Work of Great Writers
- Publisher:
- Quirk Books, 10/2024
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781683693734
- Item number:
- 11753817
- Volume:
- 320 Pages
- Weight:
- 567 g
- Format:
- 208 x 142 mm
- Thickness:
- 25 mm
- Release date:
- 15.10.2024
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
"A pocket-size book of wonders. . . . Both astute and empathetic."---Wall Street Journal Find creative inspiration in this fascinating rummage through the wastebaskets, secret diaries, and abandoned files of 20 literary superstars.
In Revisionaries , a writing expert takes you on an engrossing tour through the discarded drafts, false starts, and abandoned projects of influential writers. In the process, he dismantles some of our most deeply held---and most suffocating---ideas about what it takes to produce great creative work. You'll learn that:
- Franz Kafka lacked confidence
- Octavia Butler had writer's block
- F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote bad drafts
- Ralph Ellison got overwhelmed
- Louisa May Alcott got off to a bad start
- And more deep, dark secrets about the authors you most admire
Written by an award-winning novelist and creative-writing professor, Revisionaries is a compelling peek behind the scenes of genius for writers and readers alike.
"Aspiring novelists will be heartened."---Publishers Weekly
Biography
Kristopher Jansma, Jahrgang 1982, studierte an der Johns Hopkins University und an der Columbia University. Ein literarisches Wunderkind, unterrichtet er nun selbst§am Manhattanville College in New York. Jansma veröffentlichte Short Storys in literarischen Zeitschriften und als Blog.
