![]() ![]() The result is a unique exploration of the act and art of writing that enriches our experience of reading both the classics and the best modern fiction. ![]() Cohen has researched the published works and private utterances of our greatest authors to discover the elements that made their prose memorable. ![]() Once you get that, you can't use the wrong words") and Vladimir Nabokov on the nature of fiction ("All great novels are great fairy tales"). Here are Gabriel Garcia Márquez's thoughts on how to start a novel ("In the first paragraph you solve most of the problems with your book") Virginia Woolf offering her definition of style ("It is all rhythm. : How to Write Like Tolstoy: A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers (9781786071651) by Richard Cohen and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. What made Nabokov choose the name Lolita? Why did Fitzgerald use first-person narration in The Great Gatsby? How did Kerouac, who raged against revision, finally come to revise On the Road? Veteran editor and teacher Richard Cohen draws on his vast reservoir of a lifetime's reading and his insight into what makes good prose soar. The best authors put painstaking-sometimes obsessive-effort into each element of their stories, from plot and character development to dialogue and point of view. Behind every acclaimed work of literature is a trove of heartfelt decisions. ![]()
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