How to Start Writing
Advice for Writers
Our rough guess is there are 24,000 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 1 hours and 36 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 3 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
We earn a commission on purchases
Author
Publication
2021 - Norton & Company Limited, W. W.
Language
English
Word Count
24,000 words, Guess
Page Count
96 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL34770847M
- ISBN-139780811229715
- OCLC Control Number1233267802
- OCLC Control Number1280386540
- Library of Congress Control Number2021022390
Classifications
- LCCPG7178.Z9P5813 2021
- LCCPG7178.Z9 P5813 2021
Description
"In this witty "how-to" guide, Wis¿awa Szymborska has nothing but sympathy for the labors of would-be writers generally: "I myself started out with rotten poetry and stories," she confesses in this collection of pieces culled from the advice she gave-anonymously-for many years in the well-known Polish journal Literary Life. She returns time and again to the mundane business of writing poetry properly, that is to say, painstakingly and sparingly. "I sigh to be a poet," Miss A. P. from Bialogard exclaims. "I groan to be an editor," Szymborska responds. Szymborska stubbornly insists on poetry's "prosaic side": "Let's take the wings off and try writing on foot, shall we?" This delightful compilation, translated by the peerless Clare Cavanagh, will delight readers and writers alike"--
Subjects
Other Editions
- How to Start Writing: Advice for Writers
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!