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Loading... You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi on Writing (edition 2011)by John Scalzi (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Fun book that compiles articles from John Scalzi's Whatever site. I had about half the book previously on his site but I still enjoyed it. A little of good information on the writing life. ( ) I was taken in by the clever title, but be warned: this book is about the COMMERCIAL writing business. While what he says is mostly valid, the author approaches writing as an industry. I'm too old/lazy to approach writing that way. Question: "Is there anything you wouldn't write for money?" His answer: he wouldn't write marketing material for a project he found objectionable. My answer: I wouldn't write marketing material (unless it had to do with my own writing). Part of my purchases for Scalzi's Planned Parenthood drive in the wake of the Susan G. Komen scandal. I really hate books that are just a collection of blog entries. Why don't I just read it for free on the blog? All the archives are up there. Nonetheless, this book is good for people wanting to make a career of writing. This book will not help you write better. This isn't like Stephen King's "On Writing" or "Bird by Bird" or any of those. You learn about writing for a living, whether that's novels, ad copy, corporate material, or anything else freelancey, and what you need to do to make that possible. I think it will help you learn, in terms of principles of writing for money, not where to go to get jobs. no reviews | add a review
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Coffee Shop shows the writing life as it is, from the perspective of novelist and writer John Scalzi, who in 15 years as a professional writer has written just about everything: critically acclaimed novels, best-selling humor books, nationally syndicated newspaper columns, magazine cover stories... and ad copy, corporate brochures and Web site headlines, too. His wide range of experience informs this collection of essays on writing and the writing life, taken from his popular personal Web site, The Whatever. Whether providing practical advice, discussing writing and writers or observing the state of the writing world, Scalzi lays it out in a sharp, no-nonsense way that assumes you want the lay of the land, without all the huggy-squeezy hand-holding. Notes on the writing life, unvarnished views of writers and books and (yes) even some practical advice: It's all here. No library descriptions found. |
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