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On Writing and Failure: Or, on the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer

On Writing and Failure: Or, on the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer

Marche, Stephen

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Series: Field Notes

PhilosophyBiographies GeneralGeneral Reference

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ISBN10: 1771965169
ISBN13: 9781771965163
Publisher: Biblioasis
Published: Feb 14 2023
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.60 Width: 7.60 Depth: 4.50
Language: English

Writing is, and always will be, an act defined by failure. The best plan is to just get used to it.

Failure is a topic discussed in every creative writing department in the world, but this is the book every beginning writer should have on their shelf to prepare them. Less a guide to writing and more a guide to what you need to continue existing as a writer, On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer describes the defining role played by rejection in literary endeavors and contemplates failure as the essence of the writer's life. Along with his own history of rejection, Marche offers stories from the history of writerly failure, from Ovid's exile and Dostoevsky's mock execution to James Baldwin's advice just to endure, where living with the struggle and the pointlessness of writing is the point.

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