The Writer's Mentor: Secrets of Success from the World's Great Writers
Random House, April, 2004.
Paperback, 246 pages.
ISBN: 0375720618
The Writer's Mentor offers writers
expert advice on a variety of writing subjects. Editor
Jan Jackman, a writer, ghostwriter, and former
managing director of the Modern Library, has
done a magnificent job of collecting and arranging
famous quotes, along with his own pithy advice
and commentary. Using practical and inspirational
advice (provided in quotes) from terrific writers like
Isaac Asimov, Edgar Allan Poe, Toni Morrison,
Margaret Atwood, William Faulkner, Norman Mailer and
Tennessee Williams, Jackman
offers insight into the writer's craft. Jackman also
explores the world of
publishing with quotes and thoughts from publishers,
editors and agents. The Writer's Mentor also discusses
different kinds of writing including journalism, poetry,
playwriting and screenwriting. This
collection of thought-provoking gems from literary
greats will assist writers in attaining a greater understanding
of the writing process and the publishing business.
Highly recommended.
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This review was published in the May-June, 2004 of The Internet Writing Journal.
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