{"product_id":"the-craftsmanship-of-writing-frederic-taber-cooper-9781434103093","title":"The Craftsmanship of Writing","description":"The author writes, \"There has probably never been a time when so large a number of men and women, of all sorts and conditions, have yielded to the lure of authorship-and the elemental, naive, and random questions that they often ask show that there has never been a time when so many were in need of a word of friendly guidance. And this is precisely what the present volume claims to give. It does not pretend to point a royal road to literature. It has no ambition to create new authors. The aim of The Craftsmanship of Writing is to help would-be writers to reach a somewhat saner, more logical understanding of the real nature of the profession, both technical and artistic; to discount its delays and disappointments; and above all, to learn to help themselves by intelligent self-criticism. The most that this book or any other can do is to guide them away from certain wrong paths and toward certain right ones; they must cultivate industry, the art of taking infinite pains, and the habit of looking upon today's failures as the stepping-stones toward tomorrow's success. The laurels of authorship are worth the winning largely because there is no primrose path leading to them.\" But this book will help.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederic Taber Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1434103099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781434103093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Editorium\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Frederic Taber Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965791158527,"sku":"9781434103093","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19cb757a-dead-478d-befa-331ef317a812.jpg?v=1767284853","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-craftsmanship-of-writing-frederic-taber-cooper-9781434103093","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}