{"product_id":"about-writing-samuel-r-delany-9780819567161","title":"About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, \u0026 Five Interviews","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssential reading for the creative writer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning novelist Samuel R. Delany has written a book for creative writers to place alongside E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Lajos Egri's Art of Dramatic Writing. Taking up specifics (When do flashbacks work, and when should you avoid them? How do you make characters both vivid and sympathetic?) and generalities (How are novels structured? How do writers establish serious literary reputations today?), Delany also examines the condition of the contemporary creative writer and how it differs from that of the writer in the years of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and the high Modernists. Like a private writing tutorial, About Writing treats each topic with clarity and insight. Here is an indispensable companion for serious writers everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel R. Delany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0819567167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819567161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.08w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2005 pg. 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2005 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 1 - Strongly Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2006 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 129","brand":"Samuel R. Delany","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051814187263,"sku":"9780819567161","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e25c158a-5c9c-4f9c-9c08-304e0087e232.jpg?v=1685015325","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/about-writing-samuel-r-delany-9780819567161","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}