Writers and their notebooks / edited by Diana M. Raab.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raab, Diana, 1954- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--20th century--Diaries.

Authors, American.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 203 pages)

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2010]

Summary:

Personal reflections on the vital role of the notebook in creative writing, from Dorianne Laux, Sue Grafton, John Dufresne, Kyoko Mori, and more. This collection of essays by established professional writers explores how their notebooks serve as their studios and workshops-places to collect, to play, and to make new discoveries with language, passions, and curiosities. For these diverse writers, the journal also serves as an ideal forum to develop their writing voice, whether crafting fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. Some include sample journal entries that have since developed into published pieces. Through their individual approaches to keeping a notebook, the contributors offer valuable advice, personal recollections, and a hearty endorsement of the value of using notebooks to document, develop, and nurture a writer's creative spark.

Contents:

Journaling-a stepping stone / James Brown

The use of the journal in writing the private eye novel / Sue Grafton

On meeting yourself / Robin Hemley

Journal-the place of no limit / Kim Stafford

Using my notebook / Ilan Stavans

A life observed / Katherine Towler

Blogging like a child-arsonist / Tony Trigilio

"Musements" and mental health / Zan Bockes

Clearing the decks / Kathleen Gerard

Le Misérable / Maureen Stanton

Sea of blue ink / Kathryn Wilkens

From an audience of one to an audience of anyone / Wendy Call

Writing in public places / Bonnie Morris

Notes from an accidental journal keeper / Michael Steinberg

Holdalls / John DuFresne

My own particular custom / Reginald Gibbons

Thoughts on a writer's journal / Mark Pawlak

The icebreaker / Lori Van Pelt

Daily doodles / Dorianne Laux

Forgetting to remember-why I keep a journal / Kyoko Mori

Keeping up with the days / Peter Selgin

Anne Frank Redux / Karen de Balbian Verster

Journaling without the journal / Michelle Wildgen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-198).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781611179934

1611179939