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Explains the principles and techniques of good writing, and discusses the seven basic technical matters that beginning writers must constantly bear in mind.
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Spare, cool, warm and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- John Gardner
- First published
- 1985
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, Distributed by Random House, Vintage
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780394504698
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“What the beginning writer ordinarily wants is a set of rules on what to do and what not to do in writing fiction.”
John Champlin Gardner Jr. was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view.
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