Again and again in Steinbeck’s journals and letters, determination and doubt arise as topics. These, it seems, are the core of his writing experience and the main monsters he had to wrestle.
If you’ve been keeping up with our series of articles on ways famous authors can improve your writing, you’ll doubtless have noticed that a surprising number of them recommend writing longhand.
A sensitivity reader is someone who reads a manuscript with the express purpose of identifying and questioning plot elements, characters, language, and tropes that come across as inauthentic, lazy, stereotypical, or downright offensive.
Paul Auster’s sharp, conversational style and preoccupations with deep, ever-relevant themes position him as that rarest of beasts: a smart, stylish, literary writer who undeniably has things to say but who manages to do it without sacrificing story.
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