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How writers write

Hemingway · Fitzgerald · King · Bradbury · Zinsser · Vonnegut · Morrison · Poe · Atwood · Ogilvy · Steinbeck · Wilder

Twelve authors · editorial collection

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Twelve writers on writing and revision.

Short summaries with source notes, six comparative essays, and six writing exercises with a notebook.

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An editorial collection of 105 short advice summaries and ten linked Atwood topics, based on twelve Open Culture lists and separately identified primary sources. Original comparisons and exercises.

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