The creative writer's survival guide : advice from an unrepentant novelist / / John McNally

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813677803321
• Autore: McNally John <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-58729-949-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Disciplina: 808/.02
• Soggetti: Authorship; Creative writing; Authorship - Marketing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The decision to become a writer -- Education and the writer -- Getting published -- Publicity -- Employment for writers -- The writer's life.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Creative Writer's Survival Guide is a must-read for creative-writing students and teachers, conference participants, and aspiring writers of every stamp. Directed primarily at fiction writers but suitable for writers of all genres, John McNally's guide is a comprehensive, take-no-prisoners blunt, highly idiosyncratic, and delightfully subjective take on the writing life.