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How I Write: The Secret Lives of Authors (Hardcover)

by Dan Crowe (Author), Philip Oltermann (Author)

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Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications (18 April 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0847829421
ISBN-13: 978-0847829422
Product Dimensions: 25.9 x 21.1 x 2.5 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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A striking anthology of writings by some of the world's most provocative authors includes a selection of letters, essays, photographs, memorabilia, and other features from Jonathan Franzen, Joyce Carol Oates, Rick Moody, Will Self, Jeffrey Eugenides, and other seminal writers.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A few scribes idiosyncrasies, 23 Sep 2008

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This book seems more of a marketing project rather than a title with lots of meaningful content. To get round the fact that all the text for the sixty-seven writers would have made a really slim book the publishers have let lose an Australian design group to fill out the pages with a visual extravaganza of photos, graphics and expressive typography.

The problem is the look of the pages totally over-powers the text but this maybe what was wanted anyway as there is so little readable content. So, a book about the thoughts of some writers becomes an exercise in design but I think it fails because design is presenting information with clarity and style which should not be conscientiously noticed. Design in How I Write is anything but unnoticeable, for example: the page numbers don't exist, instead each left-hand page has, near the spine and turned sideways: How (I) Write ++++++++ ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN etc, the back of the book bibliographies are set in one solid block of run-on type with the writer's names in red (and not even bold face) over nine pages, various letters of the alphabet, seemingly chosen at random, are so enlarged that they run of the edge of the pages.

I must admit that as a publication designer (thankfully retired) had I seen this book some decades ago I probably would have been mightily impressed with its flash look but now it seems so obviously a triumph of style over substance. Really not much more than designers having fun with a software graphics package and on that basis I'll keep it as a flamboyant example of that. If I was interested in learning a bit about writing style I would stick to David Lodge's `The Art of Fiction' (ISBN 978 0140174922) a Penguin paperback that really delivers and without a graphic in sight.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating read contained in a dazzling 'product', 4 Jun 2007

By	chkchkchk (London) - See all my reviews

This book is visually staggering, containing absolutely beautiful photographs and design throughout, but the real reward comes from the textual content. Authors of many and varied stripes allow us to see beyond 'the fourth wall' (to borrow a metaphor from the performing arts), and read about the quirky tics and eccentric practices that help them write. Will Self's tale of his dedication to post-it notes is just one highlight of many.

As a further bonus, I gave this book to an aspiring writer friend of mine as a present, and he has been absolutely devouring it for tips!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good mix of design and wisdom, 20 Oct 2008

By	Flassa99 "planet_jordan" (farnham, surrey) - See all my reviews

I bought this book primarily for the graphic design stylings of Vince Frost rather than the actual written content but i think the perhaps self indulgent subject amtter and content fits perfectly with the exaggerated and brash design of the book. The descriptions of how various authors are a mix of the funny, the touching and the ocassionally quite bizarre! Accomanyingthe tales are wonderful illustrations using various characters of typefaces that help to inject a sense of humor and energy into the book. All in all i was pleased with the purchase of this book, an all round package!

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