Writers on Writing
Jonathon recently posted a list of his favorite books a top ten plus list. One of the books on the list is "Becoming a Writer" by Dorothea Brande which I have just begun, and already I understand why it is on his list. I like reading essays by writers about writing. I found this essay about writing by Ann Patchett quite interesting.
In trying to start a novel, I dream about the novels I wish I had written, the ideas I should have had. A book about a boy in a boat with a Bengal tiger? Surely I would have come up with that one had Yann Martel not written "Life of Pi." Surely with a little more time I would have come up with something as important and beautiful as Carol Shields's "Unless." And yet, the books I most long to plagiarize are my own.
